On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:12:03 Bob Meyer wrote: > Not too long ago, there was a discussion about the > Tamron 28-75mm f2.8. This does indeed look > interesting, as does the Sigma 24-70. Taking a close > look at them, however, I notice one problem that I > think is a deal killer, for me. > > What's that, you ask? The zoom ring on both rotates > in the opposite direction of my Canon zooms. I think > it would drive me nuts. Currently, I don't have to > think about which way to zoom--my hand just does it > automatically. With one lens rotating "backwards" I > think I'd always be going back and forth. > > What's the wisdom of the list say: Do those of you > with some lense zooming one way and some zooming the > other have any issues with it?
Hi Bob, Most of the 3rd party lenses rotate the zoom/focus rings the opposite way because that's what Nikon does. Nikon used to be the "de facto" standard back when the independent manufacturers were establishing themselves and they've continued the practice. Personally, yes I find it a bit of an annoyance. But then Canon themselves have two standards for the position of the focus and zoom rings. L lenses have the focus ring at the front, zoom at the rear (well the 2 ring designs do...) and the rest have the focusing ring at the front, zoom ring at the rear. I must say I find that just as annoying.... The Tamron has the zoom ring at the rear, focus at front. Cheers Gary This message has passed through an insecure network. All enquiries should be directed to the message author * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
