Dude, Not to vent, but what other camera manufacturer allows you to use 30+ year old lenses? That is the beauty of the Pentax system. If you want full compatibility, then buy new lenses, just like you would have to do with Nikon, Canon, etc.
For me, I'm as happy as can be with the istD. You can't beat the market prices and picture quality of Pentax M&K lenses! --- "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that is not a continous on the fly AE, that is more > like one shot AE with exposure lock only. > Not as good or as fast as a fully supported K > lens which can do on the fly metered manual and AE > both open aperture for approximately the last 30 > years. You say you want to move forward with digital > but this major operational feature removal is > acceptable? > > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > It does what amounts to aperture priority with a > simple push of the > green button. It will set the shutter speed > automatically, so you really > have only one motion to complete, pushing the > button. I don't understand > why some feel this is difficult. I do it in > situations with constantly > changing exposure and have never experienced a > problem or felt > inconvenienced. > > > > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > It now does open aperture metered manual and > Aperure Priority AE, -ON > > THE FLY- like every Pentax film camera always did? > JCO > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:59 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > I didn't know you were using an *istD, JCO. Mine > works fine with K and > > > M lenses. I use them nearly every day. > > > > > > > "as Good" ?? It sucks now, I don't see how it > could get any worse. > > > It should get better, not worse. Not fully > supporting the "K" mount > > > is a crock of shit IMHO. There are many fine K > and M lenses that are > > > > being crippled by pentax *istD for zero > technical reasons. But this > > > is old argument.... JCO > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shel Belinkoff > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:37 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > From: Peter J. Alling > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Only if the K/M support is at least as good as > the *ist-D has now. > > > > > > > >Hmmm .... just thinking out loud here ... > that M24~35 zoom in the > > > equipment > > > > >drawer should make a pretty nice "normal" > lens for the istDS. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
