Mea Culpa. I made that statement after talking with someone from the Singapore Pentax distributors and poring over the *ist-DS spec sheet with him.
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:24:41 +1000, John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francis, why wouldn't you be able to use your M lenses on either the *istD > or *istDS? I have used mine many times on my *istD without any difficulty. > If the reason is that you think the focal length shift is unacceptable, then > save money by getting the lenses designed for the D series - you'd have to > do so anyway if you change systems. > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francis Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com > <SNIP> > > > > I'm always anticipating the release of the "next" Pentax dSLR, > > precisely because I have a collection of Pentax glass. > > > > However, judging by the *ist-D and *ist-DS, it looks like this is not > > a good reason anyway. The only lenses I would be able to salvage > > frrom my collection are the A24/2.8 (which would no longer be a "super > > wide"), A50/1.4 (hardly "standard" anymore - perhaps a good portrait > > lens) and the A70-210/4 (but that's not my most used lens). Sadly, I > > wouldn't be able to use the M35/2 (which I love on the MX, and would > > make a nice "standard" lens for the istD/S), nor my M85/2 (which > > despite being previously described as a "dog" on this list, I love > > anyway). The other glass I wouldn't miss so much (a smattering of > > 50s, plus a Vivitar 28/2.8 and a Ricoh 135/2.8). > > > <SNIP> > > > > > Francis Tang. > > PDML lurker, one-time hobby photographer. > > > >
