Funny, but someone (or several folks) actually suggested the use of the DOF feature for the use of M/K lenses. I wonder if someone at Pentax picked up on this, or if they had already thought to do this and had simply rushed the camera to market before they could implement this feature.
You know, with these fixes and at $1350 (B&H) this is a pretty nice camera. <vbg> I'm now deeply curious at the proposed "low end" Baby D. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/04 03:58AM >>> > > Friends, we have improved K-mount compatability. > Now, with the lens off "A", putting the camera into manual and pressing the > green button will give the "correct" shutter speed. > EV comp im manual is a nice touch. > The ist D camera just got a whole lot better. Pretty much exactly what I predicted would be the best we could hope for, back when the camera was first released. I'm favourably impressed; while it was apparent that these capabilities were technically feasible, I still thought that the hyper manual stop-down metering was too much to expect.
