John Francis wrote: >On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 11:48:56PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: >> Oh, it's cumbersome compared to turning an aperture >> ring. Your hand is already there to support the lens. > >As has been pointed out many times in the past, that's >incorrect if you're using a long-ish telephoto; your >hand is nowhere near the aperture ring. It may be on >the focus adjustment, it may just be supporting the >lens (or steadying it, if you're using a monopod). >But the one place it won't be is at the back of the >lens, near the camera body.
And with many long telephotos - the FA*80-200/2.8 comes to mind - the aperture ring is damned difficult to get at when you have the battery grip on the camera and/or you're using a tripod. This was one of the reasons I decided to sell my MZ-S a couple of months ago; it was just so inconvenient using the aperture ring with several of the lenses I use a lot and the MZ-S had a single-dial control system. Despite its other strong points, I regarded this as a major ergonomic failure of the MZ-S and I really missed it when I sold my PZ-1p. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
