Actually it is the other way round. With A lenses you have program AE, shutter priority AE (both with full readouts) and aperture priority AE and metered manual (without aperture shown in the viewfinder). With non-A lenses you have aperture priority AE and metered manual (but the aperture will is not shown in the viewfinder). The combination of MZ-5n and 3.5/35-105 SMC A works very well - with focus confirmation. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Gerald Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 02. toukokuuta 2001 20:13 Aihe: Re: thinking about getting MZ-5N, but have a lot of manual lenses >On Wed, 2 May 2001, Martin Trautmann wrote: >> On Wed 2001-05-02 (11:23), Gerald Wang wrote: >> > Your manual focus lenses will work nicely with the MZ-5n. With the >> > exception of the A35-105, you will give up multisegment metering, >> > shutter priority AE and Program AE, however you can still use the >> > aperture priority AE, manual exposure, spot metering, and >> > center-weighted metering. >> >> What's the difference between the A 35-105 and the other lenses, >> concerning the mentionned metering, shutter and priority? > >The "A" lenses have an auto aperture setting (indicated by an "A" on the >aperture ring) - the M and orignal K series lenses lack this. With lenses >that lack the A setting, you won't be able to take advantage of the >camera's auto aperture modes (aperture AE and program AE). However, you >can still use shutter priority AE and metered manual mode (like a >traditional manual body). The multisegment metering is also unavailable >with non-A lenses however I prefer to use spot and center-weighted >metering (which I am used to from using manual bodies). > >> I got the MZ-5N this week and tried it both with 50/1.7 and 35-105, but >> did not see special problems yet? > >You won't notice any problems - you'll just be unable to use some of the >modes that are described in the manual for your camera, that's all. > >I hope this helps, > >Gerald > > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
