----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>A couple of years ago I watched James Nachtwey using his Canon to > photograph some compelling war footage. He never moved the camera from > his > eye, making all adjustments via thumbwheels on the camera. I could > immediately see the advantage to that. This advantage is there with the aperture ring on the lens as well. You don't have to take the eye from the viewfinder. The problem with the Z-1p, which I owned once, was that the aperture dial was at the back of the camera where the shutterspeed dial traditionally was, defying all logic. The problem with this was that it was awkward in use and that my thumb constantly poked my eye instead of setting the aperture. Luckily you could set aperture on the lenses avoiding the problem. I hope the ergonomics are better on the new Pentax K-DSLR or at least you can program what wheel does what. >In addition, using electronic > aperture control via thumbwheel - at least on the Pentax cameras I've used > - allows more precise control of the aperture. The istDS, for example, > can > be set to 1/3 stop intervals while, with the same lens, I have never had any need setting aperture in 1/3 stop increments. I doubt you can see the difference. Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
