Sensitivity wasn't problem with the MZ-S ;-) I can understand where someone might light the wheels i just wasn't one of them. I usually had my aperture set and let the body take care of shutter speed. I would occasionally need adjustment but never enough for anything to becomes a reflex. I guess the ultimate answer is that I never did any of this stuff enough to notice. of course, they could have simply stuck a second wheel on the MZ-S. None of the controls really have much to do with the flat body, which was the aprt i really liked.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:33 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
