I think the traditional placement is for the zoom ring to be closer to the camera body. For me, it helps if I'm shooting with the hood reversed I can still operate the zoom ring, which I tend to use more than the focus ring.
I have the 20-35mm and 28-135mm and always felt they were backwards, fortunately I've just replaced the 20-35mm with the 17-40mm so half my problem is solved. At least all of the Canon zoom rings work in the same direction, unlike some others like Sigma. Tom P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:02 PM Subject: EOS zoom and manual focus > > On the EF20-35 (non-L) and EF28-135 I currently own, the wider zoom ring is > located ahead of the much narrower manual focus ring, it suits me very well > as the zoom ring fits naturally and easily in my hands for its' function, > while the manual focus ring is hardly used anyway so its' narrowness has > never bothered me. > > But in looking at the EF17-40 L recently, I've noticed an annoying quirk > that I've not seen mentioned here before where the manual focus ring is > located ahead of the zoom ring, and when I tried it out in the store I > invariably tweak the focus ring when I tried to zoom, the store owner found > it odd as well until he took out an EF24-70 and realized it also had the > front focus ring rear zoom ring set up as well, it's almost as since the L > lenses of similar models and likely past models have had this arrangement, > that Canon has maintained it. > > Ken * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
