Thanks for the verification, Pat. :-)
Although I intended "default settings" to mean using Program mode
with all other parameters set to defaults, I agree that the image
processing defaults would do likewise on Manual exposure mode with a
K lens.
Godfrey
On Jul 22, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Pat Kong wrote:
Yup, the 18mm lens was a K lens, so no data transmitted. Shel
could not have
used the DS kit lens as none was provided to him; this was not a
kit purchase.
He would have been able to use the default settings if the camera
had been so
set and not left at the flash WB that was previously being used.
Pat in SF
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
The lens used was a SMC P 18mm f3.8. In other words a [K] lens.
There will be no exif information since the lens doesn't
communicate any information to the camera, unless you think the
*ist-Ds can read minds...
How did you know that the lens was an SMCP 18mm f/3.8? Shel hasn't
stated that in any of his posts that I've seen. If it was a K mount
lens, then the lack of lens data in the EXIF makes perfect sense. I
personally don't know what Shel's lens inventory consists of,
although I was wondering what 18mm lens it might be. There aren't too
many choices.
However, for the point of this test, Shel might have used the
standard, DS kit zoom lens set to 18mm. It would have achieved the
same thing, and it would have populated the EXIF information fully.
And he would have been able to use the camera's default settings too.
Godfrey