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Gooshin · 08-07-2008, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by janosh

Same sort of question, K20D and "M" lens...green button doesn't seem to do anything other than (evidently) DOF preview.. I thought it was supposed to meter?

How do you meter with an M lens (85/2) ? M? Av? User?

non contact lenses

you put the camera into M mode

you spin the aperture ring to select the aperture

then you hit the green button, it "steps down" (to your selected aperture) and meters, selecting the proper shutter speed.

08-07-2008, 12:16 PM	#5
Gooshin Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 2,839	Originally Posted by janosh Same sort of question, K20D and "M" lens...green button doesn't seem to do anything other than (evidently) DOF preview.. I thought it was supposed to meter? How do you meter with an M lens (85/2) ? M? Av? User? non contact lenses you put the camera into M mode you spin the aperture ring to select the aperture then you hit the green button, it "steps down" (to your selected aperture) and meters, selecting the proper shutter speed. __________________ the engineer is a spy!