Mark Roberts wrote: >Bill wrote: > >>On 6/16/2016 2:09 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >>> On 6/16/2016 3:58 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> Zos Xavius wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't see why anyone wouldn't just buy the HD 55-300 instead. Its >>>>> slightly longer but is also faster. >>>> The new lens, with its silent focusing and diaphragm operation, is >>>> apparently aimed at people who shoot video. >>> >>> Then they missed the mark. Video shooters want not just silent >>> operation, but step-less aperture adjustments as well. The current >>> camera bodies don't support this and I don't see how they can, the >>> control wheels are obviously digital jog switches. To get step less >>> control would probably require an analog wheel control. >> >>Stepless aperture operation is pretty easy to implement via auto >>aperture operation. > >And it is implemented, from what I understand.
Yep. "Rounding out the key specs and changes is an electromagnetic diaphragm control system, which, according to Ricoh, will provide smoother aperture control during video recording." -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
