I grabbed a SMC-F 35-80 f4-5.6 as a basic zoom for my K100D. What I do to elminate the issues with the variable aperture is soom to the widest angle then set the lens to f5.6 (max aperture zoomed in) or less. That way it doesn't change aperture when using it. I shoot it in Av or M only.
Nice little lens at f8 or f11 btw. Not stelar, but adequate. -Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > 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
