So why are you seling off all your screw moung gear if it is so good?
A. On 15/9/04 10:03 pm, "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spotmatic wasn't AE, It is not simpler than the spot F for > manual operation and not as simple as the ES/ESII for > auto operation. Why are you comparing to screwmounts anyway. > This is a bayonet camera and nearly every bayonet camera > Pentax ever made fully supported K/M lenses except for a few > Super budget models which the *istD is not. > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > > It doesn't. But it stops down, meters and sets your shutter speed for > the chosen ap at a touch of the green button. No big inconvenience. It's > simpler than a Spotmatic because the button is close to the shutter and > easily depressed. Paul > > >> I am very curious as to how the *istD could EVER fully support the K/M > >> mount lenses when it doesn't have the sorely missed aperture sensing >> cam, a $10 part found even in the cheapie K1000. Without knowing the >> relative aperture setting , how can the camera ever do open aperture >> metering? 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. >>> >>> >> >
