My point is that its NOT just me who doesnt agree with you, its the entire SLR camera industry. Stopped down lenses are always harder to focus accurately than wide open ones. And the point you make here is not really making any sense either, if you use FAST lenses, how can you be rarely shooting more than 2 stops down? that is contradictory, because the faster your lenses, the more often you will be needing to shoot more than 2 stops down, especially in daylight. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:49 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens You don't agree, that's nice. It works for me. Note also (as per our last go 'round on the subject of open-aperture metering) that I'm rarely shooting more than 2 stops down from wide open. And I shoot with fast lenses. Open aperture composition just isn't a real issue for my shooting. But getting a 2-3 shot burst is, and TTL flash is useful in other situations. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > this is really making no sense, what good is a fast winder > or motordrive, or ttl flash when you cant focus compose > shoot fast without m42 autoapeture function or cant > focus accurately in low light ( most flash situations) without M42 > autoaperture functions?? The things you are "gaining" are mostly > crippled by loss auto-aperture function and basic things where you > dont even need a motor or TTL flash ( which is the majority of pix for > most people ) are ALSO crippled by lack of autoaperture function. > > Like I said earlier, I do NOT agree those things "gained" > are even remotely as important to userfriedlyness of > the M42 system as autoaperture function is. > > jco > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Adam Maas > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:37 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > No, I just disagree on what is a necessary feature for easy M42 lens > use. > > I own two cameras with M42 mounts and auto-aperture caability (Chinon > CM-3 and Spotmatic SP). Almost never use the things (the CM-3 gets used > occasionally). Most of my M42 shooting is done with an old Canon Rebel > XS, which gives me a winder, Aperture Priority AE and TTL flash, along > with a superior meter readout (LED imitation match needle). I find it > far more useful for most shooting than the old M42 SLR's. > > -Adam > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> No, he just doesnt understand how user friendly >> automatic aperture M42 lenses can be and that >> a Canon with a M42 adapter is not even close >> to what a properly designed M42 DSLR would >> be like to use. And he DID state that all the >> Canon setup would be missing is a metering >> button of some sort - W R O N G ! >> >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of William Robb >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:06 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Maas" >> Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens >> >> >>> I am not mistaken. I never claimed the adaptor does auto-aperture >>> (Hence the note about the lack of stop-down metering switch, which >>> also uses > >>> the auto-aperture function). >> Another case of thread hijacking? >> >> William Robb >> > > -- 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
