On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:07:23PM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: > I never really noticed the open wheel thing on the MZ-S because I > always used the aperture ring. As a matter of fact, I never (at the > time) got why anyone would want to use a body-based wheel for that. > Now I understand but i'm really not convinced that it's that big an > upgrade. I know you can remap the wheels but I never do.
Try adjusting aperture when manually focussing a long telephoto lens (and steadying it on a monopod, or panning on a tripod). You find that you need one hand on the body, one hand at the front of the lens (for focus and/or direction), and one hand on the aperture ring (not to mention one hand on the zoom control if it's a zoom lens). Another big benefit comes if you like to use Hyper Program mode. With a MZ-S control style you can't switch from aperture priority to shutter priority in a single step; you need to first switch to full program mode (by putting the lens to the "A" setting); until you do that you get manual exposure, not shutter priority. The flexibility of the control wheel assignment pays off if you like to adjust sensitivity - you don't need a third control; you can just map the two free variables you select to the two control wheels, and let the camera adjust the third one as necessary to get the desired exposure. > > The big ergonomic plus of the MZ-S for me was the the way that flat > body-grip combo fit in my hand. I suppose that is the same thing Bob > was alluding to. > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's a very personal thing. ?Ever since the PZ cameras came out, > > Pentax users have been split between those who like the aperture > > controls on the lens and those who like the controls on the body. > > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:33:06AM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > >> > >> It was ZX-5n (MZ-5n in Europe) that brought me to Pentax, - > >> thanks to its ergonomic design - with the aperture ring > >> and shutter speed knob that could be controlled while blindfolded. > >> (no wheel crap that Nikons had). > >> > >> Interestingly, I had ~90% success rate of shooting "from the hip" > >> with ZX-5n, <5% with *ist DS, and ~60-70% with K-7. > >> While I am used to the wheels now, I think I would still prefer the > >> knobs. > >> > >> Igor > >> > >> > >> Sun Oct 17 10:01:12 CDT 2010 > >> Adam Maas wrote: > >> > >> For me it's the Maxxum 7, not the MZ-S. For some reason I've just > >> never really gelled with the Pentax 35mm film camera's (the LX came > >> the closest, followed by the PZ-1p). > >> > >> The funny thing is that the K-7 is one camera I love the ergonomics > >> on. IMHO it's FAR better than any of the Pentax 35mm film cameras (in > >> fact it handles very similarly to the Maxxum 7, which it also > >> distinctly resembles). > >> > >> -Adam > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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.
