Re: Some technical questions (may be silly)

2003-05-31 Thread Caveman
Artur Ledchowski wrote: 4) floating elements - the feature that appears several times with certain lenses. It's those elements that you can hear and feel rattling inside when you shake an AF lens ;-) Now seriously. It's a feature used to focus a lens by moving an internal optical group instead

RE: Some technical questions (may be silly)

2003-05-31 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Artur Ledchowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5) the AF/MF clutch in the SMC FA* 24/2 AL (IF) - I held this lens once and didn't notice any AF/MF switch (I might have missed it of course) so where's that clutch and what is it supposed to do? The clutch is

Re: Some technical questions (may be silly)

2003-05-31 Thread Alan Chan
5) the AF/MF clutch in the SMC FA* 24/2 AL (IF) - I held this lens once and didn't notice any AF/MF switch (I might have missed it of course) so where's that clutch and what is it supposed to do? Just pull the focus ring. :-) regards, Alan Chan

Re: Some technical questions (may be silly)

2003-05-31 Thread Rfsindg
This lens doesn't automatically stop down when you take the picture. Put a normal f2 lens on your camera, turn it to f8 and you still have a bright viewfinder, but the lens will stop down to f8 when you take the picture. Put the K28/3.5 shift lens on the camera. Turn the shift lens to f8 to