Brendan, Like everybody else (well, almost everybody), you'll get used to it after a while, and then wonder why you ever thought having an aperture ring was a good idea.
John On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:06:43 +0100, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:28:12PM -0700, Brendan >> MacRae wrote: >> > >> > >> > Thanks for setting me straight, Godfrey. Good >> lord, I >> > had no idea the DSLR's operated that way. Now I'm >> just >> > pissed off. Do the *ist series film cameras >> operate >> > that way as well? Where the hell have I been? >> > >> > You see, I knew there was a reason to come back >> into >> > the fold. All of a sudden I feel so old fashioned. >> >> Never mind - you can just go and stand in that group >> over there; you're by no means the only person who >> wants >> the aperture control to be done by the lens-mounted >> ring, >> just as god intended. >> Of course you won't be allowed into the group who >> also feel >> that shutter controls belong on a ring round the >> lens, too. >> Or the group for whom anything more sophisticated >> than >> taking the lens cap off to control exposure is >> anathema. > > > lol! > > It's definitely a frustration. I wish that the > engineers would think more in terms of making the new > technology as similar to the old as possible. I feel > for them, on the one hand, in that there are a > plethora of considerations that they must take into > account when designing something new (things I would > never even consider not being an engineer). However, > losing something as tactile and familiar as adjusting > the lens aperture on the lens seems next to crazy, > IMHO. Especially from the company that gave us the > perfectly retro Zx-5n, camera lauded by users and > designers alike for its traditional control laytout in > a autofocus body. > > Still, I always hated that the Zx-5n was made of > plastic, which is another reason I switched to the > MZ-S. Maybe I'm just way too hard to please. > > -Brendan > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
