Yes, I noted early on that the way the zoom ring turns on the EPL1 is opposite that on the Pentax. I keep zooming in when I mean to zoom out & vice versa. If you've never gotten used to how a zoom ring works, this might not be a bother.
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > Having used the 5D MkII + EF 24-70mm f/2.8 USM L zoom lens for a while, I > find the reverse operation of the Canon zoom rings rather odd: when you try > "opening" the scene by turning counterclockwise, you end up zooming in on > the subject, when you want to zoom in, you get a wider framing! > The same happens with Olympus 4/3 & m4/3 lenses. I believe the "correct" > zoom rotation of the Panasonic lenses will be enough a reason for me for > choosing Panasonic instead of Olympus. Yes, the only two players of the 4/3 > m4/3 standard didn't standardize the zoom ring rotation! -- 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.
