> It seems to me that shooting a fast lens stopped down a > couple of stops > would give a similar viewfinder > brightness as using a zoom lens wide open, but you would have > the benefit > of a generally higher contrast image to work with. > I can't believe people can't figure this out and choose to > argue about it > instead, > since we've been manually focusing zoom lenses in the > f/4-f/5.6 maximum > aperture range for a > couple of decades. > Obviously, it's doable. >
that was precisely my thinking when I bought the Carl Zeiss adapter for my E-system cameras. The kit zoom is a 3.5-5.6 thing. My CZ lenses range from 1.4 to 2.8 wide open, and are generally at their best around 5.6. So the viewfinder is plenty bright enough when I use them, and I'm not particularly worried that I lose stopped-down metering, even when I focus manually. If I need to shoot with a smaller aperture it hasn't been a problem so far. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
