DA 70 on FF camera

[Steve Desjardins]

Good Morning all.  

You can't use Av mode on the MZ-S with a DA lens (as has been pointed
out), but the other AE modes can be used in similar fashion.  My point
(which I should have been more clear about) is that I didn't use full
manual very much, which is the big loss with a DA lens on the MZ-S.  

(I did take the MZ-S out just to check this.  It's amazing how strange
the interface seems after years of using the Pentax DSLRs.  I still
really like the feel of the MZ-S in the hand.)


Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
desjardins at wlu.edu

>>> John Francis <johnf at panix.com> 4/30/2008 9:32 PM >>>

How would you do aperture-preferred on an MZ-S with a DA lens?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 09:21:36PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
> Not that I'm planning to use it on the MZ-S, but I would be fine
with
> the single wheel on the MZ-S.  I always use either program mode or
> aperature preferred.  It's not really different from my DS, except
that
> I always found the wheel on the MZ-S hard to turn with your thumb.
> 
> >>> John Francis <johnf at panix.com> 04/30/08 9:07 PM >>>
> 
> The MZ-S is nowhere near as useful with DA lenses as the PZ-1p;
> the lack of an aperture ring limits your options.  But the PZ-1p
> can use DA lenses in any mode - there's a thumbwheel on the body
> to control the aperture, just as there is on the *ist-D or KxD.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 08:01:38PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
> > Well, I do still have the MZ-S . . .
> > 
> > Truthfully, I was just musing about what DA lenses would still be
> useful
> > on a FF digital camera, assuming that I find a way to become
immortal.
> > 
> > >>> "P. J. Alling" <webster26 at mindspring.com> 04/30/08 6:36 PM >>>
> > So you're buying an PZ-1p in the near future?
> > 
> > Steve Desjardins wrote:
> > > Nothing critical here, but I thought I remembered that the DA 70
> > worked
> > > on a FF camera with little vignetting.  Am I hallucinating about
> this?
> > >
> > >
> > > Steven Desjardins
> > > Department of Chemistry
> > > Washington and Lee University
> > > Lexington, VA 24450
> > > (540) 458-8873
> > > FAX: (540) 458-8878
> > > desjardins at wlu.edu 
> > >
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