Bob,

I tend to agree with you here.  However, if you recall the recent
discussion about the PZ-1p controlling the aperture from the body vs.
MZ-S using the aperture ring, body control would cause one to not look
at that nice, clean design and rely on more automation.


Bruce Dayton



Sunday, March 03, 2002, 10:51:21 PM, you wrote:

BW> Hi,

BW> I've always thought of this as a classic example of pointless
BW> automation. On the older series of prime lenses the optimal aperture
BW> was marked in a different colour from the others. In conjunction with
BW> the depth-of-field scale on the lens this did everything that the MTF
BW> programme does, and all it requires is paint and a fine brush. A nice simple
BW> solution. 

BW> ---

BW>  Bob  
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