FWIW, I normally control the aperture on my 600mm FA using the camera control wheel.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 50/1.4 or 1.2 for the DSLR Bodies > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
