On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:24:01AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > > > On Oct 25, 2007, at 9:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> Only thing I would nitpick > >> about is that I think they should have put the zoom ring where the > >> focus ring is and vice versa ... I keep finding myself grabbing the > >> wrong one. > >> > > > > Looking at the photos, it appears that zoom is the ring closest to > > the body, and focus is out at the end of the lens. You'd really want > > it the other way 'round? > > Yes. At very least the width of the rings should be reversed. With > modern cameras and lenses, one tends to use the zoom ring more than > the focus ring, it should be the one that your hand and fingers > naturally fall on. The 16-50 telescopes as it zooms ... you're > holding the lens with your fingers on the zoom ring close to the body > as the lens extends and changes the balance of the camera/lens > package. I find that awkward. > > When I use the focusing ring, I've already set the focal length and > am making critical focus adjustments, so the package will not change > balance and I can deal with a narrower ring that's a little more > awkward to get to. > > With the 50-135, the ring placement is the same but the lens neither > telescopes nor shifts on zooming, and the zoom ring is at least > double the width of the 16-50, so it feels much more natural in use. > > As I said, this is relatively nitpicky criticism of these lenses. I > haven't taken the 50-135 out for a real spin yet but I plan to soon. > It's the one of the two that appeals to me as an adjunct to my > essential kit of primes. > > Godfrey
I'm much happier with the current scheme. Although I don't (yet) own any of the DA* zooms, I'd find it really annoying if the relative placement of the zoom and focus controls differed from that on FA*s. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
