On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Bob Walkden wrote: > I'm not familiar with Canon's way of doing things. If their lenses > don't have an aperture ring then presumably the control on the body is > the only one available for setting the aperture, and my criticisms on > that point don't apply.
Yup, that's how Canons and Nikons work these days. You have to move up to an F100 before you find a Nikon body able to set aperture on the lens. > Having, or deciding, to maintain backward compatibility brings its own > set of problems, of course. Agreed. Personally, I like the idea of having the option of setting aperture the traditional way (able to use my old MF lenses), or the modern way (via the body, quicker in some situations). If Pentax sticks with just the traditional way, they run the risk of alienating even more users than before. Fine for us, but bad for Pentax. chris
