You can use the aperture ring with A, F and FA glass, just with almost all the limitations of K glass (You keep Matrix Metering, but lose AE and have to stop-down meter).
-Adam David Bliss wrote: > Tim, > > Thanks for the welcome, I appreciate it. :) I feel bad for having set off > a landmine of ranting without knowing it... > > I'm disappointed that the K10D hasn't readded the aperture linkage, but > I suppose I can tranfer my hopes to the K1D for a while anyway. > > I guess the question I REALLY meant to ask was: what, if anything, does > dpreview's assertion that you can "use lens aperture ring" mean, > since it clearly doesn't mean what I think it means? Even on A lenses, > I for one would much rather set the aperture using the lens aperture ring, > with a nice big custom-designed control, than use a stupid fiddly knob on > the camera body -- just like when doing manual focus I want to use the > lens focus control and not twiddle a potentiometer like on one of my old > Sony cameras (and most non-pro video cameras). > > Thanks, > david > > PS: Apologies in advance if you get a duplicate copy of this message; my MUA > is acting up. > >> David? David? Still there ;-) >> >> I have already welcomed you once. But as this thread turned out I think it >> is appropriate to welcome you to this world of lunatics one more time. It is >> a soap opera, with live characters, and it is free. >> >> As you can see, asking a simple question here can be a rather mixed >> experience. But within the shouting, you may find an answer to your >> question. >> >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
