Got it? Great! See below.
At 9:16 PM -04008/1/01, Mark Roberts wrote, or at least typed:
>OK some questions on this beast:
>
>What does the PZ/AZ/MODE switch do?
>How about the pushbutton next to it?
PZ = Power Zoom. The switch should be set here when using power zoom (!).
AZ = Auto Zoom. For when you want to use Auto Zoom.
MODE = Auto zoom Set
Okay, the AZ is where your Image Size Tracking, Zoom Clip and Zoom Effect set of
features live. I don't have my 80-200/2.8 booklet in front of me, but I'm pretty sure
this is how it works: You hold the switch over on MODE and push the button to select
which you'd like. Then, when you want to use them, you push the button. I'm sure
someone who actually uses these functions will be glad to correct any mistakes I've
made here.
>Will Pentax still sell me a lens hood for this lens?
I'm sure they'd be glad to.
>Has anyone been injured from carrying one of these things around?
Real Photographers carry it one-handed. See: http://www.alphoto.com/zuk3.jpg
>Has anyone ever used one of these as a defensive weapon?
>(If so, what was revealed in the autopsy of the attacker?)
Blunt trauma, I'd think, and some questions about the PZ/AZ/MODE thing.
>Could they possibly have made that front element 1/10 of a millimeter larger and
>still fit it anto a 77mm filter ring? (I doubt it)
They sure squeezed it in there, didn't they?
>
>Mark
>(Off to shoot some photos and buy some 77mm filters (gulp).
Good luck. I hear Singh Rays are good...
Doug
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