the bayonet for the Pen F is also opposite OM, so lefthandedness is no
explanation. Pervert?
Maitani? Noooo. Twisted (ho!), maybe, but not pervert. Or perhaps he just
thought it was better
the OM way. I do, too.
svein
16.01.2003 23:54:16, skreiv Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>Some interesting responses that make sense to me.
>On the other hand, why have the bayonet mount work the opposite way from
>Nik*n? When I 've used both, that's been the thing that required the
>most attention.
>Was Maitani left handed?
>Was he perverse?
>Was he thumbing his nose at the then leader?
>Was he used to clockwise threaded screw mount lenses?
>
>Moose
>
>gries wrote:
>
>>>I think they do go in the correct direction, if you go one stop in the same
>>>
>>>
>>direction
>>with each ring you maintain the same EV. Seems sensible to me.
>>
>>Now that is something I *could* buy. For me, I think that if I see a scene
>>and the current settings are under-exposed, then I would want to turn either
>>the SS ring or the aperture ring the same direction to get the same result.
>>At present I turn the SS clockwise for longer speeds, but the aperture ring
>>CC to more light.
>>
>
>
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