I'd have to get used to all the things to think about with variable aperture. Seems that in order to get some semblance of stability, you've got to shoot at smaller aps ...
Why not a smaller hood? The hood I used was designed for a 200mm hood? It protects better than the original based on preliminary tests. The hood that comes with the lens is designed to fit over the lens, and does not offer the best protection. Had some probs with a similar hood on the 16-45. I'm going to try for an even tighter, perhaps deeper, hood for the 50-200. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > The variable aperture isn't too much of a problem if you shoot with > aperture priority and set it at 5.6 or smaller. Or shoot with shutter > priority and set it at a speed where you can be sure you won't run > out of aperture. It's not ideal. I'm looking forward to the new DA* > 60-200, but it works. And more importantly, the optics are quite > good. The hood seems to do its job. It's size doesn't bother me. I > certainly wouldn't want a smaller hood for a lens with 200 mm reach. > Paul > On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > OPh, I just thought of something else I didn't like - actually, two > > things. > > That crappy plastic hood is too big. I brought along a nice, smaller > > screw-in hood that's considerably "tighter" and which did a great > > job on > > the 50-200. The variable aperture is annoying, and I guess I'd > > have to > > learn how to use a lens with that configuration. I don't know > > enough about > > how the exposure, aperture, and shutter speed are adjusted as the lens > > moves through the focal range. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Shel Belinkoff > > > >> I wish I had a lot of great news to report, but I was only able to > >> use the > >> lens for a short while. The owner of the lens had to head home > >> before I > >> could really give it a workout. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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
