On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 06:12:53PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Sep 13, 2006, at 5:27 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > >> Look at this official pentax page, http://www.pentaxslr.com/bodies/ > >> k10 > >> and you'll find these words: "Power zoom function not available" > >> > >> Now scroll down to the bottom of the same page and download the > >> official PDF promotional document > >> (http://www.pentaxslr.com/pdf/K10D_Specs.pdf) and open it. There > >> you'll read this: "Power zoom function - Available" > > > > On the DP Review Pentax forum "JohnCPentax", from Golden, Colorado, > > says the power zoom *is* functional with Power Zoom lenses, but that > > the special Power Zoom functions like image tracking, etc. are not. > > Amusing but, honestly, I have never found power zoom and all that > business to be of any use at all. I've had several fixed-lens cameras > that had it and it was always in my way, I turned off all tracking > and wish I'd been able to turn off power zoom functions. I much > prefer a zoom control that operates precisely, manually, when I want > to use a zoom lens.
And that's what you get, if you so choose, with a power zoom lens. Just as the focus ring of a FA* lens has two positions - one for manual focus, one for auto focus - the zoom ring of a power zoom lens can be set either as a standard two-touch manual zoom, or as a spring-loaded switch to select one of three powered zoom speeds. Personally I found power zoom at the lowest speed to be at least as precise as manual zoom, and appreciated the fact that I could also choose to zoom over the full range of a lens with only a small amount of hand movement. I wouldn't be all that upset if Power Zoom had been dropped - after all, I've been managing without it for the last three years - but as it's there I expect I'll use it again. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
