Well, I have no way to test it but the wording in my previous statement was from my
manual....however as I have no M series lenses, I could not verify this...perhaps it
is a bad translation from the Japanese in the manual.
John
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From: "Gerald Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: PZ-1P & Pentax "M" Lenses ?
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, John Glover wrote:
> > > 2) Does the spot metering mode work well with M lenses?
> >
> > Yes, spot metering and center weighted should work with the M series
> > lenses...the multi segment metering should work as well. My PZ-1p manual
> > states that for lenses made earlier than the M series (without
> > information contacts), only the center weighted and spot metering will
> > function. So, based on that, the M series should work in all metering
> > modes.
>
> Actually, multi-segment metering will not work with M-series lenses as
> they do not have the required information contacts.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerald
>
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