Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:18:09 -0600, William Robb wrote: >> This may be a known issue to istD owners but ... >> >> I was checking out my new D-FA 100mm macro today >> and noticed some unexpected behaviour. >> >> While checking DOF, I noticed it did not seem to work unless >> the lens was set to '

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Jan van Wijk" Subject: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction Hi all, This may be a known issue to istD owners but ... I was checking out my new D-FA 100mm macro today and noticed some unexpected behaviour. While checking DOF, I noticed

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I was checking out my new D-FA 100mm macro today and noticed some unexpected behaviour. While checking DOF, I noticed it did not seem to work unless the lens was set to 'A'. Of course I would usually like to use the lens in AV mode, preselecting the aperture. Playing arround a bit, I found the D

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I should have read the whole post carefully before posting this... Nevermind. P. J. Alling wrote: It may be a problem with your *ist-D or with the electronics in that particular lens. DOF should work in any mode and just to make sure I tried it with each of my FA F and A lenses. Guess what

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
It may be a problem with your *ist-D or with the electronics in that particular lens. DOF should work in any mode and just to make sure I tried it with each of my FA F and A lenses. Guess what it does. If you don't have problems with other lenses I'd suspect the lens, otherwise the camera ha

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread Carlos Royo
Jan van Wijk escribió: This is a bit annoying, since it does not allow you to set a fixed aperture for good DOF, use automatic exposure, and check the actual DOF in the viewfinder as well. I don't know if I have understood well, but you can set whatever aperture you want with the *ist D (or

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread John Forbes
If you want to use aperture priority, set Av on the camera, and select the aperture you want - ON THE CAMERA. I suggest you read the manual. You clearly have no idea how the camera works! :-) John On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:33:57 +0100, Jan van Wijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Thi

Re: DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Jan van Wijk wrote: While checking DOF, I noticed it did not seem to work unless the lens was set to 'A'. Of course I would usually like to use the lens in AV mode, preselecting the aperture. Playing arround a bit, I found the DOF check only closes the aperture when either

DOF-preview on istD, weird restriction

2005-08-12 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi all, This may be a known issue to istD owners but ... I was checking out my new D-FA 100mm macro today and noticed some unexpected behaviour. While checking DOF, I noticed it did not seem to work unless the lens was set to 'A'. Of course I would usually like to use the lens in AV mode, presel