Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, There is no way to adjust a lenses aperture via a wheel on a Canon or a Nikon body if the lens doesn't have a CPU. On a Nikon body the new G lenses will stay at the smallest lens aperture, f16, f22 etc on the older manual focus bodies like the F2A or the F3. On those bodies every lens Nikon ever made will work except the new G lenses without aperture rings. Len On Oct 14, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > You can still adjust both aperture and shutter speed, Frank, but you > don't do it on the lens. For Canon cameras like the 1Ds MKII, there > are two different thumb wheels - on adjusts the shutter speed the > other the aperture. It gets a bit confusing because, in best Japanese > fashion, which wheel does what can change depending on which exposure > mode you've selected. It took about a day to get used to although in > full manual mode the aperture control uses the very large wheel at the > back of the camera so you're mucking around with something beside your > cheek. I don't like it nearly as well as having the aperture ring on > the camera. > > Adam > > On 10/14/07, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> No aperture ring? AE only? Or manual exposure through t he LCD >> display? >> What happened to creative license? Did the accountants grab it all? >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information