Tried that method. Doesn't work for me. Very awkward way to grip the camera body, far less convenient than one hand for aperture and the other for shutter.
-Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > I don't have to take my finger off the shutter with the *istD. Index > finger is on the shutter. Thumb changes the aperture. Middle finger > changes the shutter speed. Simple and far more convenient than an > aperture wheel on the lens. > Paul > On Aug 19, 2006, at 10:13 PM, 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. >> >>-Adam >> >>-- >>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
