How many of us are using 600mm lenses...handheld or otherwise? -Brendan
--- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:09:22AM -0700, Brendan > MacRae wrote: > > > > > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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. > > > > "nowhere near"? If your hand is on the lens it is, > by > > pure definition, "near" the aperture ring. > > > > -Brendan > > Try steadying a 600mm lens sometime (the recommended > fashion > is with your hand applying slight pressure on the > top of the > lens hood). That's not "near" by any stretch of > imagination. > (And, in any case, your other hand is much nearer; > if distance > is the sole criterion you should adjust the aperture > with your > right hand). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
