With older non CPU chipped (ie manual) lenses & a higher end body, you can still use the aperture ring on a Nikon.
DS On 4 June 2012 21:50, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe that Canon removed the aperture ring from their lenses as a cost > savings and have managed to convince photographers that this is more modern > and that the lack of this feature is in fact a feature. While having manual > control of the aperture on a very long lens on the body of the camera may be > desirable, as the aperture ring could be of necessity in an awkward place, > it only makes sense to put aperture control on a shortish lens and divide up > the shooting controls a bit more equally between both hands. At least > Pentax and Nikon used to give you the choice of how you wanted to work. Now > it's left to Panasonic and Samsung to allow that. > > > On 6/4/2012 7:28 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >> >> Touchè. >> >> Well... now I believe that D-FA and DA no longer have a meaning and they >> are used randomly. >> >> Dario >> >> -----Messaggio originale----- From: P. J. Alling >> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:50 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Some thoughts about a Sept announcement of a FF DSLR from >> Pentax >> >> Actually the latest DFA 100mm macro that's weather resistant doesn't >> have an aperture ring, either that or they've done a damned good job >> camouflaging it. >> >> >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/camera-lenses/smc_PENTAX_D_FA_MACRO_100mm_F2.8_WR >> >> On 6/1/2012 12:12 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: >>> >>> So far, all D-FA lenses have an aperture ring, while it seems some DA >>> lenses cover 24x36 format (how well, I don't know). >>> So I have the feeling that now DA just means 'without an aperture ring' >>> and D-FA means 'with an aperture ring', irrespectively of the lens coverage. >>> Dario >>> >>> -----Messaggio originale----- From: P. J. Alling >>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 6:03 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Some thoughts about a Sept announcement of a FF DSLR from Pentax >>> >>> Not a lot of thoughts really. However if Pentax was really going to >>> announce a FF K mount camera wouldn't the latest lens, the DA 50 f1.8 >>> which is pretty much one of their 50mm designs going back to oh, I don't >>> know the middle of the 20th century, and probably covers 24x36mm frames >>> admirably, be designated a DFA lens? True it doesn't have an aperture >>> ring, but it wouldn't be the first DFA lens to be released without one. >>> In the event of a FF camera probably wiith a list price between $2500 >>> and $3500 it wouldn't cannibalize many sales of the FA 50 f1.4 lens with >>> that camera as the lens cost difference would be a fraction of the total >>> package price. So either a.) Pentax marketing has their collective >>> heads where the sun don't shine, or b.) there really isn't a FF camera >>> that close in the pipeline. I'll not take any bets either way, since >>> this is not necessarily an either or proposition. -- 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.
