Just had to jump in here for a second to re-iterate what a great list this is. 3 very helpful responses in 25 minutes! AND no one tries to make you feel like a dummy. (Like some other lists) Till they know you that is! <VVBG>
Welcome Sunny, I'm glad to be a member here and I'm sure you will be too. If you want to get an inexpensive non-AF lens that is truly excellent try the SMC Pentax-A 50/1.7, cheap and very, very good. It comes in AF too as the F or FA, more money but also excellent. A bit more gets you the 1.4 versions of the above, depends on what you wish to spend. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Sunny Chung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:23 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Lenses > > > Hi I just recently bought a ist* DL and have been using it for a > couple months... > Although now I wish I had the DS2, but it wasn't out then. > Anyway, I'm interested in buying a fast 50mm fixed lens, but I'm not > sure which ones are compatible. > I don't know what all the letters in front of the lens names mean and > which ones will work with mine. > I read something about apature rings being set to 'A' but could not > fully comprehend it. > Also I was wondering if other brands like sigma or even canon lenses > were compatible with > my ist* DL. Any information would help me a great deal, thanks. I > hope this is the way this digest > works, because I just signed up and have no clue how things run > around here. > > -Sunny >
