I am also very sorry, that Pentax didn't provide full compatibility for K & M lenses, which can only be used using stoped down metering (just like my first SLR; Yashica TL Electro X, and many other cameras, without open aperture metering, which I believe was invented by Topcon). Some of my best lenses are K and M lenses, which I use frequently.
The gain however, is that Pentax do not have to make a camera body with an aperture simulator anymore. Young people with no K and M lenses, do not have to pay for an aperture simulator, which they will never miss(!?). They will probably want AF anyway, so they woun't even use A-lenses, introduced a little later than the LX (1981) - I believe they came with Pentax Super A in 1983 (?), which was almost exactly 20 years ago, when the *ist D came out. So you could say Pentax supports 20 year old lenses, although this support is limited (manual settings require stoped down metering). Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. september 2004 01:16 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: istDs - what a great camera! J. C. O'Connell wrote: > NO, YOU DON'T GET IT. I never said pentax changed > their lens mounts, they changed their new camera > to ignore the K/M aperture cam and have LESS features then the lenses > can do. > Big difference. If something was gained for abandoning > these features it would be one thing but nothing was > gained, it's ALL LOSS. In your _most_ humble opinion, you mean--and even before you see or hold or try the camera. keith > Pentax wants you to replace > perfectly good and capable lenses. That is called > PLANNED obsolescence, which is a very unethical business > practice. > JCO [...]
