Is there an SLR that does not allow direct setting of the aperture? Don W
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Aug 18, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > >>> Most of my A, F and FA series lenses have never been >>> taken off the A >>> setting since I bought them, and I shoot almost 95% >>> of the time with >>> the camera in Aperture Priority exposure mode. >> With the lens on "A" you're actually shooting in >> Shutter Priority AE mode. > > Not true. The aperture of any A/F/FA/DA lens is set by the body in > all modes with any of the Pentax DSLRs, presuming the aperture ring > (if the lens has one) is set to the A position. In Av and Manual > mode, you set the aperture with a control on the body, the body sets > aperture per your setting. > > I understand you are working with an MZ-S, which does not have body- > controlled manual aperture settings. So a lens without an aperture > ring can only be set to other than minimum aperture in Program and > Shutter priority modes. This is different on the DSLR models, which > operate more in line with the PZ-1p model (at least that's my > understanding ... I never owned a PZ-1p). > >> In any event... >> >> While all of what you say is true I will "never" buy a >> lens without an aperture ring. It just doesn't feel >> like photography to me at that point. There are >> certain things, no matter how advanced or tweaked the >> technology gets, that I just can't do without. The >> feel of an SLR in my hands without a way to manually >> set the f-stop on the lens is just icky to me. > > Nearly all modern SLRs set the aperture manually via a control on the > body. Nikon, Canon, Minolta aka Sony, Pentax. In not so much time, > you might not have any option to buy anything else other than as used > gear. > >> But then I drink all of my scotch neat and my guitar >> amp is all tube so I just like things a certain way. > > I don't know what 'drink all of my scotch neat' means, and I don't > play the guitar. But I do know how to operate my cameras ... I do > drink my single malt without adulteration (water, ice, etc), if > that's what you mean! :-) > >> Plus, I almost never shoot in Shutter Priority. > > Same here. The DS is almost permanently in Av mode, and occasionally > in Manual mode. > >> Usually, when I want a particular shutter speed, I >> either adjust the lens (keeping DOF in mind) until I >> find it or go to manual exposure. > > Same here. On the *ist DS, setting the exposure mode to Av (and > presuming the aperture ring is set to A or there is none) the thumb > wheel controls the aperture. Just flick it back and forth to adjust > your lens opening. > > I would never buy an SLR that did not give me the option of direct > control over the lens opening. Whether the control is on the body or > the lens is irrelevant to me. > > Godfrey > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
