The original Pentax design with the indexing bump on the lens made a lot
more sense. Holding the camera with the right hand, cradle the lens
with the left with your pointing finger over the bump, lens mount to the
front. Touch the lens release with your pointing finger. The lens is
properly oriented to mount on the camera. With a little practice you
can do this without looking. To remove the lens holding the camera with
the right hand, grab the lens with the left hand and press the lens
release with the middle or third finger on the right. However the
indexing bump is history as of the FA lenses, (except on some of the
limited lenses), and the release button has been repositioned so it no
longer lines up properly from the *ist cameras forward. I guess no one
complained.
On 7/23/2010 11:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Dario Bonazza
<[email protected]> wrote:
.. the location of the lens release button on
the Pentax was always an awkward thing for me, I'm used to it being on
the opposite side of the lens.
Of course, it mainly depends on what system you are accustomed to. This
said, I believe the ideal lens release button must be comfortable to reach
with the left hand, while keeping the lens with your right hand (for
right-handed people). So the position of Pentax release button is better if
you change the lens while looking at the front of your camera (turned toward
you). That was the way I worked for years with cameras such as the MX and
the ME Super. With cameras having a big grip like those in fashion today, I
tend to change lenses from above, with the lens pointing forward and the
camera back resting on my belly. In that case, a lens release button placed
like Canon and Olympus is better. Wherever the lens release is, I find no
big problem.
When changing lenses, I tend to hold the body with my left hand and
depress the lens release button, while handling the lens with my right
hand. Grab body, grab lens, press with index finger, turn with right
hand and drop lens into slot in bag, grab next lens, insert and turn
to click.
The position of the Pentax lens release made it hard to figure out
which hand to use to press the release ... drove me a little crazy for
a long time. It's amusing to think of it this way, but it's one of the
reasons I moved to FourThirds bodies ... the lens release button was
much more comfortable to me. LOL!
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