On 17 Sep 2004 at 1:49, John Forbes wrote: > For various reasons, Pentax now designs cameras that require the aperture to be > set on the camera. Once one is used to it, this works very well. I am sure > you would agree that the time must come at some point where Pentax are > justified in abandoning the old mechanical linkage. They think the time is now > (or rather, a couple of years ago for some camera bodies). You think the time > is not now, but what you are asking them to do is to incur greater > manufacturing cost to avoid minor inconvenience for a few users. And I do mean > "minor", and I do mean a "few".
I beg to differ, the only way that I can produce very consistent results WRT exposure is to set the aperture from the lens, setting from the body appears to be accurate but the actual aperture isn't always stopped down by the prescribed amount. I guess the EOS in lens motor driven aperture is a whole lot more accurate and reliable. I don't mind being relegated to a minority but I really hate being told what's good for me, surely I should know? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
