On Jan 4, 2007, at 14:24, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I don't get what you mean by the lens "always" being wide open. >> >> If you have a smaller aperture selected via the aperture ring, the >> lens will stop down when the shutter trips - regardless of whether or >> not you've metered for that possibility beforehand. >> >> Or am I missing something? > > You're missing something. > > With all the Pentax DSLRs, when you use pre-A series (K-mount or > Pentax-M) lenses, the iris will only stop down to taking aperture > when the camera is in Manual exposure mode. All other exposure modes > default to Av, and the iris does not stop down to taking aperture > until AFTER the exposure is made in Av mode with these lenses.
Huh. Never having tried it, I guess I made some ASS u M(e)tions. Thanks for the clarification! -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
