What John said. I find I can do handheld work with my *istD and A400/5.6 and change exposure with the thumbwheels without taking the camera down from my eye. That wasn't true of my LX with the K400/5.6. On Aug 20, 2006, at 12:15 AM, John Francis wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 10:13:25PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> Brandan opined: >>> >>> >>> >>>> It's definitely a frustration. I wish that the >>>> engineers would think more in terms of making the new >>>> technology as similar to the old as possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> Except the thumbwheels are better than the aperture control on the >>> lens. With two thumbwheels, like those on the *istD, one can adjust >>> either shutter or aperture while keeping both hands firmly on the >>> camera and a finger on the shutter. I shot for 30 years with aperture >>> rings. I've had no problem getting over them. I think you'll find >>> that you will adjust quickly and without effort to the new layout. >>> Paul >>> >> >> Funny, one of the reasons I don't like dual-wheel controls is that you >> have to take your finger off teh shutter. I can hold the camera quite >> firmly in my left hand while still turinging the aperture ring. > > That's fine until you try it with a long telephoto lens, especially if > you're also trying to deal with the focus adjustment. There's no way > you can adequately support a telephoto while keeping your hand on the > aperture ring. And even if you're using a support of some kind you > still want your hand near the front of the lens to damp vibrations. > > And you don't have to take your finger off the shutter, either. With > my twin-wheel cameras (PZ-1p, *ist-D) I keep my index finger on the > shutter release, and adjust the shutter speed with my second finger > and the aperture with my thumb. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
