Ditto. I did a shoot last week where I was constantly switching from front lit to backlit (the wake board shots). I used an M200/4 lens and had no trouble getting the expsures right. In fact, it forced me to think about how I wanted to handle the shots with extreme backlighting. Nothing wrong with manual exposure or manual focus.
> That's the take I got from the DPreview article and the pentax press > release. Based on what's been described here as to how the lenses would > work, that's fine with me. I suppose that, coming from long time use of > mechanical cameras, not having transitioned to autofocus, often using old > Leicas and hand held meters, and having just acquired a 1937 Brownie-type > box camera, the "workaround" still seems like pure luxury to me <LOL> > > Shel > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 9/15/2004 11:02:57 AM > > Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > To the contrary, the dPreview review mentioned that Pentax had indicated > that it would work with any K mount lens, although not all would be able to > utilize full capability. Sounds like the *istD workaround, which I have > found to be just fine. > > Paul > > > > > > > While I understand that it's too early to make final judgments, is there > > > anything to suggest that the support won't be as good? > >
