Three that I know of. Ken, Bill, and Pal. But many of us shoot with an A 400/5.6 or similar on a regular basis. An aperture ring is among my worst nightmares. Keep it. Paul On Sep 17, 2006, at 7:36 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
