Re: My own little *ist D review (fwd)

2003-09-18 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Hello, Canon users must be feeling some rumblings of unease, considering that Canon's new 18-35mm lens for the Digital Rebel won't fit on their 35mm bodies Exactly so. No, not exactly so. Pentax and Nikon made a marketing decision to drop support for their oldest lenses. Canon made a

Re: *istD and modified K/M lenses

2003-09-18 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Boris Liberman wrote: So if I were to modify K/M lens so that it would have proper contacts and transfer widest/narrowest aperture value to the body, would *ist(D) be able to meter in fully manual mode? If so, we might be in not so bad a shape. It is not possible to midify an SMC or

*ist D review, part I

2003-09-15 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
... reachable from the front page of the KMP. The rest should be on-line on Tue or Wed at the latest... Cheers, Boz

NEEDED: someone to host *ist D images

2003-09-12 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Hello PDML-ers! Thanks to PDML-er Arnold Stark, I should have an *ist D to test out tonight and tomorrow. I will not have software for the camera, but I should be able to mount the CF card on my computer and transfer the JPGs that way. I am sure many of you would like to see full-resolution

Re: Re: *ist D revisited

2003-06-06 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Hi Alin, Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 06.06.2003, 08:54:20: AS - the *ist D is solid - much more solid than the *ist, and also heavier, AS but not heavy. The body seems to be made of magnesium alloy or something AS like that. This is good news. Will make those 10D

Re: *ist D revisited

2003-06-06 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Hi, Expect more lenses with the FAJ mount and no aperture ring, and don't try using them on your manual focus Pentax body unless you like using them wide open all the time. Actually, closed. The FAJ lenses will only work on their narrowest aperture on the older bodies, e.g. f/22 or f/32.

Re: The *ist camera

2003-06-06 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Christian Skofteland wrote: So, when anyone is ready to dump Pentax, I'd like first crack at their A and FA lenses! http://kmp.BDimitrov.de/for_sale/items/ Thank you, Boz

Re: Bad PR

2003-06-06 Thread Bojidar_Dimitrov
Matti Etelapera wrote: From Pentax USA concerning the *ist D: *Compatible lenses: K, KA, KAF, and KAF2 mount lenses; screw mount lenses, 645, and 67 series lenses (adapter required). Some functions may not activate depending on the choice of lens. Like I said a long time ago, they simply