Cameron wrote: > I have never heard about a pro recommending a camera without seperate > aperture and shutter speed controls, and even fewer actually using one.
I've never even heard about such a camera. > And I, for one, appreciate the fact that you can instantly switch from > aperture priority auto to shutter speed auto to full program with the PZ-1; > a truly useful feature on a pro grade camera. Having access to a program > shot is extremely convenient in fast moving and ever changing situations, as > long as you can trust the exposure settings on the camera. Not everyone is > shooting geological formations like yourself, or can afford to work at > geological speed. Try shooting some dog trials sometime with your aperture > ring and depth of field preview; you'll miss most of the shots, not to > mention all the shots you'll miss because of the 2.5 (if that) frames a > second capabilities of the camera. I've never heard about any action and wildife shooter who do not use aperture priority auto. The MZ-S is the fastest operating camera out there provided you don't use program mode (which very few advance users do). A shame, though, about the max 2,5fps rate. > As long as you can wedge your thumb between the camera and the stupid > aperture ring on the pro glass; and as long as you want aperture priority OR > shutter priority, BUT NOT BOTH LIKE ON THE PZ-1. Right. Hardly anyone use cameras in a way that the Z-1p system makes sense. I'm sure you do. Most use the camera in aperture priority mode and manual and for this the MZ-S is unsurpassed. >The exposure comp wheel on > the MZ-S has a spring loaded locking thingy, and is over on the left side of > the camera, crunched up with some other stuff whose functions currently > escape me because I don't have the camera in front of me; you need to look > at it to set it, at least until you are very sure of the functions; on the > PZ-1, the button is by your right thumb, and changes the control wheel to > exposure comp without moving the camera; Thats the beauty of the MZ-S. You don't need exposure compensation because any exposure and any possible permutation of aperture and shutterspeed is instantly available by simply dialing it in. The Z-1p needs compensation because theres no other way of reaching the desired exposure without pressing one button and dialing three wheels. Try to see what the MZ-S does best and use it that way. The same with the Z-1p. >I, however, rarely use it because > my current camera, the one Pentax designed over twelve years ago, has a > seperate thumb and finger wheel for aperture and shutter speed control, as > do most serious cameras these days, and you will never convince me that only > having shutter OR aperture control available on the camera, but not both, is > a good thing. Both are available. You may prefer to have the aperture ring located a particular place befre another but claiming adjusting the aperture from the lens is slower doesn't make it true. P�l
