So it does, PJ. I may be a little stupid, but I fail to see how this can be useful? The shutter speed can be changed by using the shutter speed wheel anyway! My *ist D doesn't show any apertuere value indication in the display, when turning the aperture ring.
However, annother feature might be quite useful: After pressing the green button (using M og K lens), stop down aperture with index finger wheel (beside the srelease button). If I turn the aperture ring on the lens, while still holding down the stop down wheel, the bar graph in the viewfinder will indicate the relative deviation from the just determined Exposure Value. Regards Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. marts 2005 17:50 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: *ist-D discovery?? I haven't been able to find this documented anywhere and I don't remember reading this on the list so maybe I'm the first here to figure this out. * Put an M or K class lens on your *ist-D * Set the mode selector to M * Switch on the camera. * Stop down the aperture (The meter stays on). * Adjust the Aperture ring (No surprise the exposure indicator displays the change). * Adjust the Aperture Wheel... (The shutter speed changes!) It would be a PITA to use full stop down metering mode if you had to change the shutter speed with the front hand grip wheel, Pentax cleverly changed the function of the rear wheel to modify shutter speed in this mode! It makes stop down metering almost a joy to use. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime. --P.J. O'Rourke
