BTW: How many are old enough (like me) to still remember how to "Count the Clicks"? ;-)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:28 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot > > > Pretty simple to make K lenses act like that. > Just remove, permanently or temporarily, the > aperture actuator lever. Voila', stop down Av! > I've done this to an M50/1.4, works fine. > > Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:17 PM > > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Subject: M42 lenses on *ist bodies, or, I'm an idiot > > > > > > It just occurred to me a couple weeks ago to put a screw mount lens on > > my *ist film body. Can anyone else say "aperture priority"? Feel > > free to point at me and laugh. I suddenly feel a multiple M42 lens > > enablement coming on. > > > > The sad part, and this was mentioned very recently in another thread, > > is that the crippled mount limits the use of non-A K-mount lenses > > while the old screw mounts work just fine. What the hell were they > > thinking? > > > > BTW, even with the lens stopped down the *ist's viewfinder is > > surprisingly bright. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com > > > > -- > > "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman > > >
