On 16/6/16, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >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.
Yup. It's called an aperture ring. Look at all the 'cine' versions of lenses produced. Manual focus and manual aperture. The Canon EF17-40/4 I use on a Canon C100 is fine except for the camera- controlled aperture, which even when set to finest adjustment, still produces notable steps in light - unacceptable in video. So I bought the only comparable wide zoom with a physical aperture ring on ot, the Nikkor 16-35/2.8 and had it converted - the aperture ring 'de-clicked' and dampened, and an EF mount installed. Works great and cost a lot less than a dedicated wide zoom cine lens. Incidentally the A*85/1.4 in similar guise works superbly for video. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
