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From: "Peter Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: J Focus Collar (was Re: More Pentax news/rumors (Now taking a poll))
> Pål wrote:
>
> According to Nikon engineers
<< According to Nikon engineers they have no plan to remove the aperture ring
from the lenses. >>
Given that G lenses were actually requested by fumbling pjs, I feel sure that
this is the thin end of the wedge. It's in my bones.
Kind regards
Peter
Peter wrote:
>I feel
> that it is certain that aperture ring lenses in AF are on their way out,
> certainly in Nikon.
According to Nikon engineers they have no plan to remove the aperture ring from the
lenses. Apart from the entry level G-lenses, the reson for removing the aperture ring
were
Joseph wrote:
> If the *ist is a medium-level camera -- which it could be from its
> features -- then why package it (or even show it) with a crippled J lens?
Because Canon sell loads of lenses without aperture rings
> For that matter, would photographers serious enough to buy the digita
<< I suppose Pentax are just following the pack, as N***N have released
aperture ring-less lenses of late - squarely aimed at enthusiasts. >>
Not so. Part of the reason for release of G lenses was in response to
requests from certain pro photogs, apparently. True some G lenses are
enthusiast
Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If the *ist is a medium-level camera -- which it could be from its
>features -- then why package it (or even show it) with a crippled J lens?
They're probably showing it with the J lenses because they are the
newest products. In the U.S. at least, only
Boy, after that long thread we had a while back about the wonderful
virtues of the two dial/one handed operation of the PZ-1p, that at
least those people would be looking on the J concept favorably...
Bruce
Sunday, February 23, 2003, 3:41:27 PM, you wrote:
JT> If the *ist is a medium-level ca
Maybe not. But we've got a lot of mech-weenies here. If you're out
shooting a party
where you want and need AF, then it probably wouldn't matter. These lenses
are
obviously not for technical work. They're for just shooting -- production
work.
Looking at the pics of them on the Pentax site, so
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