>I'm not sold on the shutter ring around the lens mount as an optimal
>placement. I've found that it cannot be operated with gloves on (a
must
>when using in cold weather),
Try the newer poly thin gloves. They work great. I wore a pair on New
Year's eve and had no problems at all.
and have some trouble operating it with various
>things mounted, such as the 65-116mm variable extension tube or many
3rd
>party lenses that have the aperture ring at the base of the lens.
The tamron adaptall mounts appear to be larger in outside diameter than
my zuiko lenses, such that a tamron lens can interfer with a tripod
mounting plate, depending on the plate design of course. I took a
hammer to my cheap tiltall tripod to fix that problem....<g>
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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