Originally posted by Miserere Mirror lenses are more easily shot in Av mode, so the camera sets the appropriate shutter speed (and you can add EV comp. to taste); no Green Button needed, though
the K100D does have one, except it's not green and is labelled 'AE-L'
Keep ISO as low as possible while ensuring shutter speed is faster than 1/500s. If you have a K100D Super (which has image stabilisation) you can get away with slower speeds. This assuming you're shooting handheld; if using a sturdy tripod you can shoot at slower speeds too.
If you want, you can shoot in M mode, but make sure you understand the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO first.
Hope this helps!
Greetings, Miserere
I am sorry that it took me so long to respond to your comment about my 500mm Lens. The Holidays have a habit of taking up alot of my time, but anyway . . . .
I have read your response to my problem using my Vititar 500mm Lens. I decided to try these suggestions that you have made. Just yesterday, I took the Pentax out with my 500mm Lens attached to my tripod and set the dial to AV Priority Mode. The light was fading quite fast, since it was towards the evening of Christmas Day. I did have a Pixal Remote Shutter Release, then snapped this Image. I know that it's not really all that great, but I found that your suggestions seem to work much better. I'm thinking that I may have found the answer to my problem.
Using the AV Mode, I found that I could increase the Shutter compensation by +/- 2.0 using the thumb wheel on the right side. When I shot it at +2.0 it seem'd to work much better. The weather was not too good, but I thought that this would be an opportunity to find out just how well it would work. My ISO setting was 200. I have not had a chance to do this in Manual Mode quite yet, but will do so in the near future.
Granted that the weather was not great, I'm thinking that on a sunny day or a bit overcast, this Lens will work just fine. I also have purchased a 72mm Flower Lens Hood and 3 different Filters that came with it. Here, someone had suggested that I have one, so I thought why not. Lets see what happens. Can't hurt anything that I know of.
The AE-L button I am not sure just how to use it quite yet. There is a whole lot I have to learn with this Lens, so I'll be playing with it as time goes by.
Thanks for your help. It was appreciated, as always!
Les Barr (IMCorker2)