Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph I've ever
taken.
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 10:04:58 -0500
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph
I've ever taken.
It's probably two things: something that feels good inspires
Good point. My Sigma 70-300 APO (the older MF version)
has _terrible_ feel, flares badly, wobbles, and is butt-ugly.
But I find it a useful lens and am unlikely to ever
purchase another 70-to-Something zoom. In fact, the major
reason I purchased the Pentax A 35-70 f4 last week was to
use both in
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Good question indeed, and certainly a valid personal philosophy. I suppose
for me it's because the pictures I take are 60% of my enjoyment of my
photography hobby, while the experience of operating the camera and
appreciating it as a mechanism
for me, the discussions on focus feel are like discussing the
paint job on a race car.
I don't buy that analogy. Paint on a car is cosmetic. Focus feel
in a lens is ~functional~. I think, if you want to stick to a race
car analogy, focus feel is more like steering feel, or the feel of
the
I think this is true only when posting to PDML.
When I have something important (to me) happening in front of a lens,
I: a) do NOT think what camera I have b) Do NOT worry about the lens
c) Do NOT remember that I wasn't as kind to my second grade teacher as
I should have been. d) Do MOT worry
I have the one with the silver ring, older, supposedly
better. I'm gonna do it ANYHOWS. grin.
Mark Roberts wrote:
There are two different versions of the M28/2.8 (with different
optical designs) and the consensus is that one of them is good.
Sorry if that spoils your plan...
;-)
On 5 Dec 2002 at 11:14, Herb Chong wrote:
for me, the discussions on focus feel are like discussing the paint job on
a race car.
I disagree, using the race care analogy I'd liken it more to the feel of the
feedback through the steering wheel and pedals :-)
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE
On 5 Dec 2002 at 10:04, Mark Roberts wrote:
Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why this obsession with feel?
Good question. Focus feel has never been visible in any photograph I've ever
taken.
I think you'd be wrong if you looked at it from a technical perspective. I
would guess that
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