For the purposes of discussion, I think that we have to ASSUME that the astronatut DID in fact KILL Anna Nichol. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > your out of your F%#$ing mind or totally > full of B. S. It > is WAY harder to focus and compose > accurately with the lens stopped > down all time OR to open the lens, > to focus/compose and then have > to manually stop the lens down > to compose/shoot. This is why > automatic aperture lenses were developed > in the late 50's early sixties for > nearly ALL SLR lenses of all types and brands > except a few specialty lenses where > to save money, or not possible, etc. > > SECONDLY, aperture priority AE was > possible in "old" Pentax M42 film > bodies, and still it's possible in the new > K mount ones, but only with stop down > mode like Canon which S U C K S the > big one. Thats worse than the metering > limitations of green button/KM lenses! > > The whole point of my post is NOT about > old M42 bodies anyway, its about the > future availability of a true M42 > DSLR with a M42 mount and auto aperture > M42 lens function support OF COURSE. If it > wouldnt support auto aperture M42 > lenses, there would be no point in making > one in the first place. > > jco > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:37 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > No, I just disagree on what is a necessary feature for easy M42 lens > use. > > I own two cameras with M42 mounts and auto-aperture caability (Chinon > CM-3 and Spotmatic SP). Almost never use the things (the CM-3 gets used > occasionally). Most of my M42 shooting is done with an old Canon Rebel > XS, which gives me a winder, Aperture Priority AE and TTL flash, along > with a superior meter readout (LED imitation match needle). I find it > far more useful for most shooting than the old M42 SLR's. > > -Adam > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > No, he just doesnt understand how user friendly > > automatic aperture M42 lenses can be and that > > a Canon with a M42 adapter is not even close > > to what a properly designed M42 DSLR would > > be like to use. And he DID state that all the > > Canon setup would be missing is a metering > > button of some sort - W R O N G ! > > > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of William Robb > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:06 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Maas" > > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > > > >> I am not mistaken. I never claimed the adaptor does auto-aperture > >> (Hence > >> the note about the lack of stop-down metering switch, which also uses > > >> the auto-aperture function). > > > > Another case of thread hijacking? > > > > William Robb > > > > > -- > 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
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