On 9/18/2014 2:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
That's just silly. Allowing full use of aperture rings on legacy lenses
appeals to most everyone. Just look at Fuji, Sure those designs are fly
by wire but I've never read a review that said; "I wish Fuji would
introduce a lens without an aperture ring". Lots of us miss the aperture
ring, at least on shorter focal lengths. Reaching the aperture ring on
long lenses with that control near the camera body can be a PITA, when
shooting hand held, but on anything up to about 200mm the aperture ring
on the lens body is a better solution. Change the aperture with you left
hand, change shutter with thumb, forefinger shutter release. It's such a
natural way or working.
Using the thumbwheel for aperture and front wheel for shutter speed
works wonderfully for me. Since getting a camera with the two control
wheels I have missed using the aperture ring exactly zero times.
If one had a working aperture ring, one could set up the camera in
manual mode to have three dedicated controls a wheel for shutter, a
wheel for ISO, and the aperture ring for well you know. Maybe you don't
shoot in manual exposure mode as much as I do.
I've also have an easier time explaining the relationship between those
three exposure parameters and what they do if lenses actually had
aperture rings.
I know that back in the film era, a couple of new Canon owners had a
hard time with the concepts when I tried to explain using their Rebels
as examples but they got it right away when I hauled out my LX.
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