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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3636754" data-attributes="member: 92780">Mike, I didn't find any pictures at a quick scan, but the section below is from the Rockwell review of the Mk III, that I linked on page 2 of this thread. Note - he states elsewhere he usually shoots in jpeg."ZoomingThe incredible lens zooms very well. It's easy to set precise framing with the zoom ring, and just as easily you can use the little zoom lever in front of the shutter button to get in range quickly. Unlike camcorders, the zoom rings and lever only work at one speed each, with the lever faster than the ring.At the lower 10MP and 5MP image sizes, it zooms through 1.5x or 2x "digital" zoom, while in fact it's smart enough simply to be doing some clever cropping of the full-resolution 20MP image and reformatting it to 10MP or 5MP; in other words, 1.5x or 2x zoom really does get to the equivalent of 900 or 1,200mm without losing sharpness at the 10MP and 5MP image settings, which are where I usually shoot.The finder reports the equivalent focal length as you zoom from 24mm to 600mm, while the file's EXIF (and file information in Playback mode) reports the actual focal lengths (8.8 to 220mm).In A mode, the lens always uses the aperture set on the aperture ring from f/4 to f/16. The lens has a variable maximum aperture, but the aperture ring has fixed markings. If you set wider than f/4 and the lens can't go that wide at longer zoom settings, no worries, the lens simply uses its widest aperture.I find the zoom ring is too far back; sometimes I grab the front (focus) ring, which doesn't zoom the lens."Hope that helps for now .....Chosun    :gh:</blockquote>

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