Of course, 50% of those lenses you refer to are 50mm f2's sitting in a shoebox with a K1000 somewhere.
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Oh Screw You. You don’t have a clue if you think that legacy > Lens support is only a minor issue. And like an > Idiot it's NOT the age of the lenses it's WHAT > The PK/PKM lenses are, which are superb MANUAL > Focus lenses which are not even available new > Anymore so there is great reason to support them. > AGE IS IRRELAVANT. There are MORE PK/PKM lenses > In existence than all other lens series combined so > MOST Pentax BRAND lenses are not fully supported. That’s > Not good by any standards....This is a Pentax support > Issue, not a compatability issue which really sucks > IMHO. If yours differs, so be it, but you cannot > Prove your points by calling me an idiot, it just > Makes you look like an idiot in doing so.. > Jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Forbes > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 2:21 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? > > Don't apologise to JC O'Connell. > > He is a boring little nitwit who comes onto the list every six months or > > so to wind himself into a frenzy over the lack of full support for very > > old lenses. > > After abusing anyone who disagrees with him (sample: "Gimme a friggin > break with your "you don?t own a pentax (sic) DSLR So (sic) you don?t > know > what youre (sic) talking about" B.S."). > > Eventually, after about a dozen posts, this one-issue idiot has an > apoplectic fit, and shuts up for another six months while he recovers. > > Then the cycle starts all over again. > > John > > > > > > On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:49:13 +0100, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know that now. >>> From now on I will look for limitations in my equipment. >> JCO. >> Sorry about my sarcastic reply. The compatibility could have been > solved >> better, I agree on that. >> But I prefer looking forward, looking for solutions instead of beating > >> this >> dead horse. I don't believe irritation over this minor issue (for me) > >> will >> make me a better photographer. >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> J. >> C. O'Connell >> Sent: 8. oktober 2006 17:34 >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >> Why settle for shit for no reason? >> Glass is still definitely half empty. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Tim Øsleby >> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:27 AM >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >> I stand corrected, silly me. My perception is obviously wrong >> [slapping myself happily over forehead]. >> >> The glass is half empty, not half full. >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> J. >> C. O'Connell >> Sent: 8. oktober 2006 17:03 >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >> 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. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Tim Øsleby >> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:46 AM >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >> Welcome onboard David. >> >> I had exactly the same thoughts as you about metering manual lenses >> before I >> tried it. In real life, it is no problem. After 15 minutes using it, > you >> will get used to it. >> In high speed situation you must think a bit ahead, watching at the >> light. >> If lighting changes you need to re push the button every now and then > to >> make sure to get the exposure right before the decisive moment. >> >> Lack of matrix metering is a bit frustrating. But in most situations > you >> can >> get around it using the histogram fine tuning the exposure. It's the >> same as >> the green button thing. You need to think a bit ahead, being prepared >> for >> the decisive moment. >> >> But what can you expect. Consider the ability to use old lenses as an >> extra >> bonus. >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> David Bliss >> Sent: 8. oktober 2006 10:01 >> To: pdml@pdml.net >> Subject: k10d and manual-aperture lenses? >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm new to the list but I've been reading the archives for the last > few >> weeks so hopefully I will not make too much of a fool of myself. I'm > a >> long >> time amateur user of Pentax 35mm film gear about to buy my first DSLR. > I >> was >> minutes away from buying a K100D when the K10D was announced... >> >> I have a lot of manual-aperture K-mount glass, so being able to use it >> on >> a new DSLR is important to me. I know there are workarounds for using >> such on the K100D but they're pretty bad (metering on DOF-preview only >> and/or manually setting aperture to match the lens's). >> >> The dpreview page >> (http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pentaxk10d/page2.asp) >> and a few other verbatim copies thereof explicitly says >> "Ability to use lens aperture ring" so I was very excitted to think > that >> Pentax would have finally fixed this (idiotic) design error on the > K10D. >> But, the press photos of the K10D clearly show an absence of a >> mechanical >> aperture coupling lever. And the (mis)released manual from a couple > of >> days ago documents the same behavior as the K100D. Can anyone confirm >> this for sure one was or the other? >> >> Also, can anyone explain to me why the K100D (and apparently the K10D) >> disable >> (a) non-central AF sensors (for focus confirmation, not AF, obviously) >> and >> (b) all the metering modes except CWA when using a pre-A lens? I > cannot >> conceive of any possible reason these features would care about the > lens >> aperture being set manually. >> >> Thanks! >> David Bliss >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
