I shoot a D and a Ds, and yes I have no real problem in normal shooting using the green button/AE-L kludge with my K/M lenses. However I've also been shooting weddings lately, and one of my favorite lenses for that is the Vivitar S1 35-85 f2.8, wonderful bokeh, and fast and available at a reasonable price, and when things are happening fast it can be a PITA. Don't tell me that I should invest in a new lens, it's economically unfeasible based on the income. Especially considering that a new equivalent in the 28-70mm range with a fixed aperture would cost at least than 10 times what I paid for a pair of these lenses, if I could find one at all. I'm living with the limitations I don't have to be happy with them.
Adam Maas wrote: >Pushing 2 buttons instead of one is slowing down? > >I also shoot with K/M lenses, don't own as many as you, but 2 of my 3 >main lenses are K/M (Kiron 28/2, SMC-M 50/2, SMC-A 70-210) and I shoot >with a couple of screwmount lenses too. > >You don't shoot with a Pentax DSLR, so you don't know how simple it is >in actual practice. Until you've tried it in the field, you won't. >Experience is the telling point here (I thought it would be a hassle >myself when I bought the D. It wasn't). > >-Adam > > >J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > >>Look you can apologize all you want for pentax >>But I have over two dozen world class NICE manual focus >>Pentax PK/PKM lenses and I DON’T BUY what I don’t >>Want. I wanted K/KM support in the new top line >>Body, if you don’t, that doesn’t matter to me >>One Iota. ALL of the later Pentax MF lenses are >>Garbage including the "A" series compared to the K/M >>Lenses in terms of build quality and user "feel". >> >>Gimme a friggin break with your "you don’t own a pentax DSLR >>So you don’t know what youre talking about" B.S. >> >>I never said I wouldn’t buy the istD,K100,or K10 but God >>Damn I would buy one yesterday if it had the key features >>I want. Secondly I think the whole point of 35mm/DSLR >>Is fast work and good automation. If I have time to slow >>Down for every shot I would use MF/LF all the time. >> >>jco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Shel Belinkoff >>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:43 AM >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >>It's the same old song from JCO every time the subject comes up. I >>think >>we all know his view on this by now. I don't recall, but does he have a >>Pentax DSLR? >> >>I will say this, however, it may be easier for some to adjust to the >>"green >>button" approach than others. For example, having come from meterless >>cameras and using hand held meters, pushing the AEL button on the DS >>and, >>if desired, checking exposure with the DOF lever, sure makes using pre-A >>lenses easy. However, I still shoot more than 50% of my shots using my >>own >>exposure guide, the one that's built into my head, rather than using the >>meter in the camera at every shot. >> >>Shel >> >> >> >> >> >>>[Original Message] >>>From: Tim Øsleby >>> >>> >>>I stand corrected, silly me. My perception is obviously >>>wrong [slapping myself happily over forehead]. >>> >>>The glass is half empty, not half full. >>> >>> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: J. C. O'Connell >>> >>> >>>No, an "extra bonus" on a $1000 top line >>>camera would be A camera that could read >>>the PK PKM lens aperture setting. That this is >>>Not done is ridiculous as its friggin SIMPLE >>>to implement... Semi automanual manual is >>>good but it aint open aperture AE With PK >>>PKM, while is very possible but still is not done. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
