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 - 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 .

