<<The recent Nikon announcement of a 70-200 f/2.8 AF-S/VR "G" lens makes me furious. No more apeture ring! How can they do that. Nikon is going backwards technologically. What a shame.
I am switching to Pentax which is not going backwards.>> Being also on the Nikon lists, I can offer another perspective here. Pros are welcoming this change as it means that they can no longer make occasional errors with the aperture ring (current Nikon AF lenses must be set to minimum aperture for f-stop control thru the control dial on the rear of the body). That is simple to understand from my perspective, as a one-time fumbling pap and sports pj. The new lens will not exist for quite a while, being simply "jam tomorrow" spoiler to attempt to plug the drain to EOS. It is a VR lens, a feature which is not available to FM3 etc users, - they currently offer 2 types of 80-200mm F2.8 lens - an AFS fast AF type, and another AF lens at 30% lower price. Both have conventional aperture rings. It is conceivable that Pentax might choose to go the same way without a lens with aperture ring as an option .... as they now have no manual focus old tech SLR in the 35mm range. What do you think? Kind regards from sunny Brighton Peter - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
