P3D Re: my biased perspective on cameras

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Goodman wrote regarding the VM personal:
> 
> The continuously variable aperture and shutter is another
> nice feature, quite in contrast to a Revere or Wollensak,
> where the detents for both are at full stop intervals.

I don't have a Revere any more so I can't go back and check
this.  But please don't be fooled by detents on *any* camera's
aperture control!  They are there as an aid to quickly changing
to a specific aperture setting.  The aperture itself is almost
always continuosly adjustable.  I suppose there could be one
or more camera models out there somewhere where the f-stops are
adjustable only in steps, but I have never seen one like that.

Paul Talbot


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