As I mentioned elsewhere, the K/M lenses work fine. But the whole approach, while clever, does smack of "afterthought", which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the future. OTOH, who knows what Pentax thinks? It could simply be that they rushed the *ist D to market as fast as they could and some stuff got left off.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/8/2004 8:47:44 AM >>> All of your pentax lenses are useable on the *istD. I have some FA lenses, but I prefer many of my K-series versions and shoot with them. The first release *istD did not have the necessary firmware to meter with K lenses. The new ones do, and they work fine. It's simply a matter of selecting your ap and pushing a button before you fire. The camera will then select a shutter speed. It's center weighted metering, and it works fine. Basically, you have a metering function similar to ap priority on the LX. Of course, with A lenses, the *istD provides the full range of metering option. Paul On Aug 7, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Caveman wrote: > > > And the final question. Since now I'm on a shopping spree, I'm also > looking at something more serious, like a DSLR. In my price range are > the Nikon D70, Canon 10D and digirebel, and the *ist D. Which one > should caveman buy ? (in its infinite wisdom Pentax made my current > lenses unusable on the *ist, so I'm open to any suggestion). > > cheers, > caveman >
