On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure (indicated by 0.0 in finder).
- (still
Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure (indicated by 0.0 in
Adam Maas wrote:
Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate exposure
Maybe it will if you update the firmware?
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Ryan K. Brooks
With an A* lens, you can just set the lens to A, and adjust aperture
on the body with the wheel and +/- button. With a K or M lens, you
don't need to stop down, just hit the AE-L button, which
If you've manually set a stop on your K or M lens, the camera should
set the shutter speed when you hit the AE-L button.
Paul
On Mar 8, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
-
Ryan K. Brooks wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
Ryan Brooks wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel
Paul Stenquist wrote:
If you've manually set a stop on your K or M lens, the camera should
set the shutter speed when you hit the AE-L button.
Paul
Hmmm. I was expecting a +/- display (from metering) in the display (like
M mode the rest of the time).
-R
On Mar 8, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Ryan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Maybe it will if you update the firmware?
Been there, no firmware from Pentax.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Ryan K. Brooks
With an A* lens, you can just set the lens to A, and adjust aperture
on the body with the wheel and +/- button. With a K or
On Mar 8, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
- Adjust wheel to appropriate
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 8, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On the DL, my procedure for metering and using an A* lens:
- Set M mode
- Frame picture (make attempt at composition)
- Pick aperture (choose how much pudding around subject :-)
- Stop down with DOF preview and hold
-
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