Power Zoom is quite useful on big, heavy lenses such as the FA* 80-200 (and even more so on the 250-600); you can zoom over the full zoom range with only a very small hand movement.
It's certainly not an essential feature, but it does have some uses. On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:48:53PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > And smoking the same crack. Neither were exactly good ideas, and power > zoom was actively bad. > > -Adam > > On 1/11/08, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pentax and Minolta shared a few other ideas, such as > > power zoom lenses and pop-up flashes. Their engineers > > must have been very friendly... > > > > Rick > > > > --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Pentax got the idea from Minolta, who introduced > > > their wireless flash > > > system, complete with moronic channel selection, in > > > 1992. > > > > > > Given the peculiarities of the P-TTL wireless > > > system, I halfway > > > suspect it might be a licensed version of Minolta's > > > ADI metered TTL > > > system. The two work (And don't work) in very > > > similar ways. > > > > > > -Adam > > > > > > On 1/10/08, Peter Loveday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> Does the K10D have the wireless flash > > > capability ... > > > > > Yes with firmware updates and with 2 > > > limitations: > > > > > > > > > * You can only chose channel nr 1 > > > > > > > > Well, you *can* choose other channels on the K10D, > > > the same way as with the > > > > *istD. > > > > > > > > Having said that, setting it is about the most > > > convoluted and unintuitive > > > > way imaginable: > > > > > > > > The camera picks up the wireless channel of a > > > slave set to remote when its > > > > mounted on the hot-shoe. So put the flash on the > > > camera, set your flash to > > > > Channel X and Slave mode, then enable wireless > > > mode on the camera. It will > > > > show Ch X (where it usually shows Ch 1), and will > > > work just fine on that > > > > channel. You then take the slave flash off the > > > hotshoe and put it where you > > > > actually want it... > > > > > > > > Whoever thought up this at Pentax should be > > > shot.... (what would be wrong > > > > with just using a thumbwheel to change channel > > > while its showing "Ch 1" > > > > after turning on wireless mode...) > > > > > > > > > * No HSS in wireless mode > > > > > > > > Indeed. > > > > > > > > Love, Light and Peace, > > > > - Peter Loveday > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > > > link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > M. Adam Maas > > > http://www.mawz.ca > > > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
