Arnold Stark wrote: > However, the F* lens has one disadvantage, too: To switch from auto > focus to manual focus and vice versa, pulling/pushing the ring on the > lens is not sufficient, the focus switch on the camera must be > operated, too. On the FA* lens, pushing/pulling the focusing ring is > sufficient.
Yes, that's my only complaint about the F* lens. Apart from that its a top performer. I would probably be disturbed by the size of the tripod mount but the last owner of my lens had it reduced a bit. I would be very interested in seeing an experiment to see whether the tripod shoe on the F* lens really is necessary. I tested my F* lens against my A* lens but as the optics are different I can't draw conclusions about the tripod mount. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
