JCO - I think I finally get what you're saying. It's the open aperature meetering.
I guess coming from the old screw-mount, stop-down meeting paradigm, even though I've had a couple of more recent auto-bodies, the open-aperture part never registered in my mind. See you later, gs <http://georgesphotos.net> On 10/8/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't be absure. I know what stop down one shot manual metering is. > Spotmatic had that since 1964. ( Little easier on DSLR as it turns > The shutter dial for you). > I don't need to use the Pentax DSLR w K/KM to know what it > Is. Its not the same as OPEN APERTURE AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE (Aperture > preffered). > Don't be silly. I don't need to go to Alaska to know it snows there. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
