Hi Shel -
I've had no problems at all with my manual focus lenses and the *ist-D. I have shot literally thousands of images with the A* 200 f4 macro, and have no lens related complaints. In fact - the *ist-D renders edges so sharply that I had to modify my technique for on-the-fly bug close-ups, and now use a monopod for better camera support.
I have also used the *ist-D with the Kiron 105mm f2.8 macro and with the A*400 f2.8 plus the 1.7x A adapter - the results were excellent. .
If you look at my botanicals gallery -
http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/botanical/botanical.htm
All but one of the "New Shots" were taken with the *ist-D and either the A* 200 or Kiron 105. (One shot of the field of Trillium is a 6x7 color neg.)
I point out this directory because the shots are taken without flash - with birds and bugs, I almost always use flash. I do use a gold reflector and did let a lot of the whites in those botanical shots run to warm tones - I liked it at the time. But I think it does show that the *ist-D can meter well and also produce sharp images and a nice bokeh with manual focus lenses. Though, I do use a handheld meter in addition to the camera's meter, and put a lot of thought into the correct exposure - especially in not losing highlights.
I don't know about M, K, and Screwmount lenses - I have only used manual focus "A" lenses.
HTH -
MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD
The time is getting closer for me to make a decision about getting a DSLR, but more information is needed.
There have been some comments on the list to the effect that some manual focus Pentax lenses don't produce very good results when used with the istD(s). A little more information is needed. Which lenses are giving poor results? In what way are the results poor? When using a particular lens, are the problems only in certain circumstances, or across the board. I've seen some awful looking results with some longer lenses (Paul's bird shots), but they seemed to be relegated to backlit scenes. So, any comments on the quality of images with various manual lenses would be appreciated. Reasonably sized pics (sections of larger images) might be helpful as well.
Thanks!
Shel
