Robert, No arguments on it being a great camera, I just found the DOF preview ran against the smoothness of operation. It works so nicely until you want DOF preview.
Bruce Friday, May 24, 2002, 6:46:24 PM, you wrote: RW> Bruce, RW> Good point. I still love the PZ1p though. For macro, I just shoot at small RW> apertures for greater DOF. The more macro I've shot, the better I've become RW> at determining best aperture for the effect I want. Also, bracket, bracket, RW> bracket, however; having enough light in the absence of wind is a problem RW> lots of times. Maybe the latest Pentax ring flash would help...uh oh, RW> getting off topic. RW> Robert RW> ----- Original Message ----- RW> From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW> To: "Robert Woerner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:11 PM RW> Subject: Re[2]: pentax 100 2.8 fa >> Robert, >> >> Ah, therein is one of my gripes on the Z-1p. To use DOF, which I >> would want to do with a macro, the aperture ring must be used. The >> ZX-5n and MZ-S both work as you'd like >> >> >> Bruce >> >> >> >> Friday, May 24, 2002, 5:27:21 PM, you wrote: >> >> RW> Alan, >> >> RW> Why do you need to use the aperture ring with an FA lens mounted on a RW> Z1p? >> RW> Set the lens to "A" and use the aperture dial on the body. >> >> RW> Robert >> >> >> I have a mixed feeling about this lens. While it performs well, the >> RW> apertire >> >> ring is difficult to access on "fat" body like Z-1p. On compact bodies >> RW> like >> >> MX, it is fine. >> >> >> >> regards, >> >> Alan Chan >> >> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> RW> - >> RW> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> RW> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> RW> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >> - >> 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 . RW> - RW> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, RW> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to RW> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .
