Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Treena
er 26, 2002 9:29 PM Subject: Re: Power zooms anyone use them? > Well, I took a look around Canon's on line virtual museum, and couldn't find > any instance, or reference to, power/motorized zooming in either the lenses > or bodies. Perhaps they keep the freaks looked up, away from

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Well, I took a look around Canon's on line virtual museum, and couldn't find any instance, or reference to, power/motorized zooming in either the lenses or bodies. Perhaps they keep the freaks looked up, away from the public. BR From: "Treena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe it was the EOS 620 (or

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Pentxuser
In a message dated 11/26/02 9:18:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << This is a feature (similar to one that Minolta had) that long ago earned the "Darwin Camera Award". In the early 90's Pentax, and Minolta in particular, came up with technological answers to questions nobody ever asked. At th

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Treena
good amount of wear, so that's just my impression. - Original Message - From: "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Power zooms anyone use them? > I don't recall any such thin

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
I don't recall any such thing, and especially not for their EOS line. There is also a difference between using a motor to do the work, and designs which automatically zoom the lens to match the subject. From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe Canon also released power zo

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Pål Jensen
Bruce wrote: > This is a feature (similar to one that Minolta had) that long ago earned the > "Darwin Camera Award". In the early 90's Pentax, and Minolta in particular, > came up with technological answers to questions nobody ever asked. I believe Canon also released power zoom lenses. Pål

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-26 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
This is a feature (similar to one that Minolta had) that long ago earned the "Darwin Camera Award". In the early 90's Pentax, and Minolta in particular, came up with technological answers to questions nobody ever asked. At the time this feature came out many people claimed to be able to follow focu

Re: Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-25 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: I was shooting my daughter's figure skating tonight and toying with the PZ's power zoom clips. I was thinking that it would be extremely useful for a sports photographer and thought I would explore them further. A lot of photographers and critics don't see a use for t

Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-25 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >A lot of photographers and critics don't see a use for this feature but I'd bet that if you learned to use it prperly, that it would be very useful given the right circumstances... Opinions... Vic < have to use a body that supports the extra f

Power zooms anyone use them?

2002-11-25 Thread Pentxuser
I was shooting my daughter's figure skating tonight and toying with the PZ's power zoom clips. I was thinking that it would be extremely useful for a sports photographer and thought I would explore them further. A lot of photographers and critics don't see a use for this feature but I'd bet that