----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Odp: Re[4]: Aperature Ring On MZ-S
> Sorry, I don't have any plastic lenses with loose aperture rings. You > are aware that apertures settings are not necessarily only at click > stops (unless it is very cheap indeed), but can be set to anything > inbetween the clicks. That means you can provide precise exposure. Yes, I meant some old lenses (m42)... > > It does seem odd that we are asking the top of the line camera body to > overcome bottom of the line build issues of lenses. One would think > that if you are using top of the line bodies that you would be using > top of the line glass. If it were me, I would be spending my money > first on good glass, and later on top of the line bodies. I think I have pretty good glass for my needs. Mind that I say "glass", not "lens". Good glass can be packed into bad casing, like my SMC FA 80-200 f/4,7-5,6 - I like this lens very much but the casing is poor... (other lenses I have are: Mir MC 20mm f/3,5, A 28mm f/2,8, M 50mm f/2 and F 35-80mm f/4-5,6) I think I need more advanced body to develope my skills - especially the spot metering would be necessary... I know I could buy the MZ-5n, but I'd like to do a greater step... > AL> interesting:) BTW, IMHO the MZ-S shouldn't be called this way - this camera > AL> doesn't belong to the MZ line. It should have started a different series. > > You are probably right on this count. Perhaps the style of the MZ-7 > is to help overcome the build quality of the consumer grade lenses. > IIRC, Nikon is introducing a cheapo line without aperture rings at > all. But I thought we were mostly comparing the PZ-1p dials to the > MZ-S. I am going to have to go into my local store to see how much > they changed the MZ-7 because I find that my ZX-10's (predecessor) > don't really have fast turning dials, just moving the shutter collar > back and forth (slow). The MZ-7 has the collar too and I find it to be very fast. So again, everything is the matter of personal preferencies...:)) Greetz Artur - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
