John Forbes wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:07:21 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, John Forbes wrote:
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:57:31 -0000, Kostas Kavoussanakis
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Vic MacBournie wrote:
In my opinion, your best bet in the istd if you want to duplicate
the quality of the MZs. It is not up to MZ-S standards but it's
not too far behind. I have both and find the build quality
comparable...
I forgot: the interface is also different; on the -S you set the
aperture from the lens, on the -D (all of them) this is only
possible in Manual mode (which reverts to HyperManual).
This is rather misleading. You set the aperture on the camera
body, unless the lens is a K or M lens, in which case you set it on
the lens, with the body set to manual mode. There have been
endless fruitless discussions on the merits of setting the aperture
on the body versus setting it on the lens, but even the die-hards
get used quite quickly to doing it on the body. The only people for
whom this is an still issue is people who are still using film, and
have no idea what they are missing.
My description was very accurate; find a hole.
Your description is a sieve.
What you wrote is inaccurate.
You're either a comedian or a politician in the mould of Blair. See
below.
On the -Digis you can set the aperture on the lens provided
it has a ring (so this is not limited to M/Ks).
No, Kostas, you can't. When off the A setting, the camera will take
the picture at full aperture, whatever you set the lens at (except in
Manual mode).
Now, read that again, and write it out fifty times.
I own and use
exclusively anymore two film cameras where you can set the aperture
on the body; the MZ-50 in particular is *very* cumbersome from the
lens, but I actually like its interface. I thus did not make an
argument as to better, I said different.
I suggest you confine yourself to responding to questions you know
something about. Limiting, I know, but better for your credibility in
the long run.
John
I'm sorry, but Kostas is right. Your explanation indicated that you
could only change aperture with the ring with K/M lenses, not only in
Manual (the latter is correct for all but DA and FA J lenses).
-Adam
