>> 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.
>
I also generally prefer an aperture ring, but I think I see what you are
saying. I simply haven't had the opportunity to use one of those large
teles myself... Two points, though:
1. It is generally the smaller/shorter lenses that have started
coming without an aperture ring, not the long tele lenses you are
talking about.
2. Many of them were pretty much designed for cameras that have just
one wheel or a "rocker". So the manufacturers have essentially
replaced two controls by a setup with a "mode" switch + one
control. I quite definitely dislike that.
Also, this seems to be a point where the users are so divided that the
suppliers probably ought to give them an option to choose the control
mode. Like, via an aperture ring with an "auto" setting, perhaps...
- Toralf
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