--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A couple of years ago I watched James Nachtwey using > his Canon to > photograph some compelling war footage. He never > moved the camera from his > eye, making all adjustments via thumbwheels on the > camera. I could > immediately see the advantage to that. In addition, > using electronic > aperture control via thumbwheel - at least on the > Pentax cameras I've used > - allows more precise control of the aperture. The > istDS, for example, can > be set to 1/3 stop intervals while, with the same > lens, only 1/2 or, in > some instances, only 1 stop, intervals can be > accurately used. For > example, with the lens that's on my camera now, one > can only go from f11 to > f16 and from f16 to f22 when used manually, but with > the thumbwheel the > lens can be used at f11, f13, f14, f16, etc. > > Shel > > That's a very good point, Shel. Something I hadn't considered either. Exposure is all about nuance so those extra "in-bewteens" may make it all worthwhile. -Brendan > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > Except the thumbwheels are better than the > aperture control on the > > lens. With two thumbwheels, like those on the > *istD, one can adjust > > either shutter or aperture while keeping both > hands firmly on the > > camera and a finger on the shutter. I shot for 30 > years with aperture > > rings. I've had no problem getting over them. I > think you'll find > > that you will adjust quickly and without effort to > the new layout. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
