You are aware that at f16you could have set the camera for 7 feet and everything from about 5' to 12' would have been acceptably in focus at 50mm? Set for 10 feet everything from about 7' to about 25' would have been ok. Set to 28mm and 10' there is problably nothing indoors that would need refocusing. Close up at 70mm you would need to focus, but then how many grab shots did you make at 70mm?
I guess you make my often expressed point about automatic cameras, If the camera will do it for you, why bother to learn how to use a camera. --graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brent Hutto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: ZX-10 and 28-70 f/4 SMC-FA > I had my ZX-M with me while doing family Thankgiving visits and > took a few snapshots of nieces and nephews. Most of the snapshots > turned out fine (thanks to 400-speed print film, f/16 and a big > honking flash) but for the first time since I've had my camera I really > regretted having to focus manually. The ZX-M is just the ticket for > the static landscape and nature subjects that I bought it for but > maybe something closer to "point and shoot" would be a nice > adjunct. Manually focusing for candid shots of small children is a bit > frustrating at times. > > I'd be interested in opinions on the idea on buying a used ZX-10 > body and 28-70 f/4 SMC-FA lens to use as an fast-shooting, easy to > carry snapshot-taking machine. The ZX-10 in auto-focus and > program-exposure mode should work just about like a point and > shoot camera and it even has a built-in flash. Is that flash powerful > enough for 10-15 foot snapshots with 400-speed film? > > The advantage to this idea is that my prime MF lenses will work on > the ZX-10 and the SMC-FA zoom will work on my ZX-M so I have > some redundancy. Having that zoom to use on the ZX-M might mean > I can put off buying the expensive 24mm f/2.8 SMC lens that I've > been considering as my first wide-angle lens. The ZX-10/Zoom > combination cost about the same as the 24mm prime lens, believe it > or not (although I realize the quality of the zoom at 28mm will not > hold a candle to that of the 24mm prime). > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
