----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Tainter"
Subject: Re: K20 and manual aperture lenses


> Bill wrote:
>
> "One of the guys on the Pentax Dysfunctional Web Forum chalenged me to
> test my K20 exposure system with manual aperture lenses (green button
> manual). The camera failed miserably, over exposing by quite a large
> amount at all f-stops but maximum and minimum."
>
> There were complaints (at dpreview) along these lines with the K10D, but
> I didn't follow them. The only non-A lens I have used on the DSLRs is
> the Zenitar 16 mm Fisheye, which worked fine on the *ist D with the
> green button. Since I got the DA 10-17 Fisheye I haven't used the Zenitar.

The istD was, apparently, the only camera that would green button manual 
correct exposure with 
manual aperture lenses. All subsequent models have exposure wonks.
Or so I have read.

William Robb 


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