I actually prefer the lack of 1/2 stop increments because its easy to set the
aperture ring in the middle of 2 full aperture settings. With a 1/2 stop
increment, it then becomes difficult to set the lens at 1/3 stop increments.
That's no problem with full stop increments.
Larry
Skip Williams wrote:
> I wish that Olympus had made their lenses with half-stop aperture
> increments. But very few competitors ever did that (that I know), including
> Nikon, Canon, Minolta, and Pentax. (Am I wrong?) Leica and new Voigtlander
> lenses have the 1/2 stop dedents, and I really enjoy it. WHat it does mean
> is that the F-stops are further apart to make it easier to deal with the
> larger number of clcks.
>
> THe reality of the situation is that most manufacturers instead moved to
> automatic cameras, which did exactly what was needed, either for the
> aperture or the shutter speed.
>
> Skip
>
> >From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 -- a different metering question
> >Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:31:24 +0000
> >
> >True enough, but as you can never be more than half a stop away from the
> >'ideal' exposure (which of course is a very arbitrary thing anyway), I
> >don't think it'll ever matter. I can't imagine there's any film out
> >there that can't tolerate half a stop of over/underexposure.
> >
> >But, if you're striving for perfection, you can set the aperture between
> >stops. It'll close down to whatever it's set to, whether that coincides
> >with a marked stop or not. Shutter speed doesn't work the same way,
> >though, and you can only get the marked values.
> >
> >Roger
> >
>
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