On 24/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >That being said, I find it inexplicably stupid for Pentax to remove the >aperture ring at this point in time. They're turning their great AF >lenses into crippled tools designed for people who can't be bothered to >use an aperture ring.
Out of context by itself [the above], so apologies for that Chris. However, if I may put a pair of pennies into the pot here - I have now been using lenses with no aperture ring for nearly one year. I knew after about one month that it was the right thing, for me. I find it much quicker and easier to use a lens without an aperture ring - and yet I have only been using lenses *with* aperture rings since 1978 or so. One month - that's all it took. Personally I prefer no aperture ring on the lens because I don't have to move my hand from focus ring to aperture ring and back (constantly - depending on subject / lighting), and even if using AF (which I don't very often), balancing a camera / lens combo on my left hand by having to grasp the aperture ring is both awkward and slow. Yet on my MX, I wouldn't have it any other way. The aperture ring is dead. Long live the aperture ring! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
