Like William Robb, I've always input the shortest FL. Sometimes, if I find I'm going to spend a while shooting at the longest FL of the zoom, I'll change the SR FL to that value, but otherwise, it's just the shortest. I simply bear in mind that I won't get the full benefit of SR at the longest FL and adjust my shutter speeds accordingly.
Cheers, --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/7/27 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>: > Yes that's the question. I've been doing an internet search to try to come > to a determination. I have a number of K and A class zoom lenses and the > K20 manual gives the recommendation that /will/ give the best possible > results, which is to set the focal length adjustment in the camera to the > actual focal length set on the lens. This is all well and good, and in any > circumstance where this is applicable I shall endeavor to use this method. > However under 90% of all shooting conditions when I would choose a Zoom > lens over a fixed FL lens stopping to check the current chosen FL and > dialing it in to the camera for SR is unlikely to happen. So I'm left with > several choices. > 1.) Set the longest FL. So it over compensates at anything shorter. > > 2.) Set the shortest FL. So it under compensates, (see above). > > 3.) Set an intermediate FL. For most this is a poor choice as they seem to > use zooms at the extremes. > 4.) Turn SR off and use all the old techniques for camera steadiness I > learned using 35mm. > > Any thoughts? Samples? > I mean is it better to over compensate for camera shake or over compensate? > I can't for the life of me figure out how I would do repeatable tests. So > I'm looking for the collective wisdom of the list. Sadly all my fast zooms > are old, and all my "new" zooms are slow. > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > -- 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.
