More words of wisdom from someone who hasn't even tried it. Such nonsense.
On Oct 8, 2006, at 12:18 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Look you can apologize all you want for pentax > But I have over two dozen world class NICE manual focus > Pentax PK/PKM lenses and I DON’T BUY what I don’t > Want. I wanted K/KM support in the new top line > Body, if you don’t, that doesn’t matter to me > One Iota. ALL of the later Pentax MF lenses are > Garbage including the "A" series compared to the K/M > Lenses in terms of build quality and user "feel". > > Gimme a friggin break with your "you don’t own a pentax DSLR > So you don’t know what youre talking about" B.S. > > I never said I wouldn’t buy the istD,K100,or K10 but God > Damn I would buy one yesterday if it had the key features > I want. Secondly I think the whole point of 35mm/DSLR > Is fast work and good automation. If I have time to slow > Down for every shot I would use MF/LF all the time. > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:43 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > It's the same old song from JCO every time the subject comes up. I > think > we all know his view on this by now. I don't recall, but does he > have a > Pentax DSLR? > > I will say this, however, it may be easier for some to adjust to the > "green > button" approach than others. For example, having come from meterless > cameras and using hand held meters, pushing the AEL button on the DS > and, > if desired, checking exposure with the DOF lever, sure makes using > pre-A > lenses easy. However, I still shoot more than 50% of my shots > using my > own > exposure guide, the one that's built into my head, rather than > using the > meter in the camera at every shot. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Tim Øsleby > >> I stand corrected, silly me. My perception is obviously >> wrong [slapping myself happily over forehead]. >> >> The glass is half empty, not half full. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: J. C. O'Connell > >> No, an "extra bonus" on a $1000 top line >> camera would be A camera that could read >> the PK PKM lens aperture setting. That this is >> Not done is ridiculous as its friggin SIMPLE >> to implement... Semi automanual manual is >> good but it aint open aperture AE With PK >> PKM, while is very possible but still is not done. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
