On 26 Jan 2005 at 11:58, John Forbes wrote: > Funny. I've recently bought an old MX on Ebay, and I find it very > difficult to change shutter speeds while metering through the viewfinder. I > really miss the little wheels for shutter and aperture on the Z1-P and the > *ist > D. > > People who claim the old ways are best usually haven't given the new ways a > proper chance.
Bollocks. If primarily shooting aperture priority or manual with a pre-set shutter speed and manual focus an aperture ring around the lens works exceedingly well. I'm now left eye'd so my thumb is always fighting for space with my nose when using the *ist D in aperture priority, and then I still get confused over which way to turn the knob in the heat of the moment. The ring movement was almost a reflex action in me, the farty little wheel on the back I just tolerate. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
