Enough of us to point out the problems inherent in your (quite frankly tiresome and arrogant) insistence that the way *you* happen to want to use your camera is the only way that any sentient being could possibly consider. You're by no means the first poster to storm onto this list and, without ever having tried the alternative, castigated Pentax for making a choice different from yours. If you'd claimed that the interface of the PZ bodies (which gave the user the choice) was what Pentax should have done, you might have found more support. But if they're only going to provide one way of working, then your preference for the aperture ring isn't the universally superior technique you seem to believe.
I *did* point out that the problem was only significant with long-ish telephoto lenses (it's an issue with any lens of 200m or greater focal length, not just a 600mm). But still you denied that there could ever be a problem because your hand must be "near" the aperture ring. On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 04:36:16PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > How many of us are using 600mm lenses...handheld or > otherwise? > > -Brendan > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:09:22AM -0700, Brendan > > MacRae wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > As has been pointed out many times in the past, > > > > that's > > > > incorrect if you're using a long-ish telephoto; > > your > > > > hand is nowhere near the aperture ring. > > > > > > "nowhere near"? If your hand is on the lens it is, > > by > > > pure definition, "near" the aperture ring. > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > Try steadying a 600mm lens sometime (the recommended > > fashion > > is with your hand applying slight pressure on the > > top of the > > lens hood). That's not "near" by any stretch of > > imagination. > > (And, in any case, your other hand is much nearer; > > if distance > > is the sole criterion you should adjust the aperture > > with your > > right hand). > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > 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
