You view, focus and meter with the lens stopped down all The time? ICKKY. I doubt that. You must mean autoexposure Not autoaperture. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III) Hell, I don't even use auto-aperture function on my M42 lenses most of the time on my M42 bodies (yeah, I still shoot with a Chinon CM-3 on occasion, and even more rarely with my Spotty). -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > To each his own but I think the loss of auto-aperture > With SMCT lenses is bad or any Pentax K or Canon EOS > Body.. What I was talking about was a DSLR with direct > M42 mount and auto aperture ( but no open apeture AE). > Many of the M42 lenses (even Pentax) are incapable of > Open aperture AE anyway but DO have auto aperture functions > ( like the supertakumars ). > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:49 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III) > > I would be, given the fact that there are two very good options for M42 > users going digital (Canon and Pentax), including full-frame bodies. The > > only addition necessary for full M42 support would be the flip-plate for > > full-aperture viewing and that's not a big loss. (there are far too many > > different implementations of full-aperture metering on M42 lenses for > one to be justifiable to support). > > -Adam > > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > >>I would not be surpised that someday somebody makes a M42 DSLR >>Due to the still tremendous popularity of them particularly the >>Pentax SMC Takumars. They are some of the finest handling lenses >>That's for sure. >>( not pentax of course ). >>jco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of > >>Digital Image Studio >>Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:32 AM >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III) >> >>On 13/10/06, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>I regret having added my name to this silly thread. While I have 10+ >>>high quality, old K & M lenses, I know how to use them on my DS >>>digital. >>> >>>So I propose a new survey. Why should we stop at asking Pentax to >>>revive the old K & M lenses. Why don't we ask for the old SMC >>>screwmount ones too! Surely they could rig something up handle the >>>old screwmount actuators. And gee, wow, I've got 10+ high quality old >>>SMC screwmount lenses that would fit right on the camera. I can't >>>wait to try the SMC 85mm f1.8 screwmount on the next flagship! >> >> >>No, primarily because it's a totally different mount I guess. >> > > > > -- 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
