On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Tom Trottier wrote:
> At 09:38 1999/11/30 +0000, Ian A. Nichols wrote:
> >On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Tom Trottier wrote:
> >Erm, don't forget to press in the depth-of-field preview button though,
> >because the aperture shouldn't stop down until you do.
>
> I did mean WITHOUT pressing the the DOF preview button.
>
> If the diaphragm narrows without pressing this button, it means that the
> Auto diaphragm is no longer Auto.
Oh I see, sorry. Actually, coming from having owned a series of SLRs
with Pentax lens mounts, the DOF button threw me for a minute the first
time I inspected an Oly lens I was thinking of buying, hence my
impulsive assumption.
I'll remember to check both ways in future.
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