On Friday, October 24, 2008 00:55, Moose wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > Has anyone ever used a Walz Envoy 35? My neighbor has one but no owners
> > manual. It's been more than a month since I've handled the camera, but if
> > I remember correctly the settings on the lens interact. The problem I
> > have is that I've never really used a ranger finder so I can't advise him
> > much.
>
> A couple of sources.
> <http://www.testreports.co.uk/photography/ap/test-reports/Walz-Envoy-35-1-9
>-review-19256.asp> and
> <http://www.camerabooks.com/Products/Walz-35mm-Envoy-Camera-Instruction-Man
>ual__3968-WALZ35MMENVOYMANUAL.aspx>
>
> Many of those old cameras tied shutter speed and aperture dials so that
> turning the combination retained the same exposure value. You set the EV
> value, then could control DOF, image blur, etc. with one adjustment
> without changing the EV setting.
>
> Current Canon (and likely others) DSLRs do the same thing. In P mode,
> the front dial moves speed/aperture through settings with the same
> exposure. Quite useful on occasion. Want f8, but don't want to change to
> Av operation and set the aperture? Just half press and spin the dial to f8.
>
> Moose
>
Thanks Moose. That's what I thought was going on, but with an old camera I
hesitate to do too much twisting and break something through ignorance.
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