Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Desjardins, Steve wrote: > Good score.  The *ist D is a tough little camera and a remarkably useful > backup.  I have an *ist D with the grip and an A 50 f1.7 at the office.  I > ignore it, abise it, grab it as needed, and it always gets the job done.  I > am r

RE: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-18 Thread Desjardins, Steve
: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Bargain Bin Score Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another camera but at that price I couldn't resist.

Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Carlos R wrote: > > > Adam Maas escribió: >> >> Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another >> camera but at that price I couldn't resist. >> >> Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Pentax's, I've got >> a proper KA adapter

Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-18 Thread Carlos R
Adam Maas escribió: Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another camera but at that price I couldn't resist. Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Pentax's, I've got a proper KA adapter but it doesn't seem to pass aperture info to the body. I'm suspecting

Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-17 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:54 -0400, "Perry Pellechia" wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another > > camera but at that price I couldn't resist. > > > > Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Penta

Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-17 Thread Perry Pellechia
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another > camera but at that price I couldn't resist. > > Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Pentax's, I've got > a proper KA adapter but it doesn't seem to pass apert

Re: Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-17 Thread John Francis
What was the question? Should it work? I used to use an Adaptall-2 300/2.8 on my PZ-1p and MZ-S with the Pentax-KA adapter. It worked just fine most of the time. But every now and then the aperture display in the body would switch to "--". I eventually tracked this down to an intermittent cont

Bargain Bin Score

2009-10-17 Thread Adam Maas
Just picked up a *istDS, good condition, for $150. Didn't need another camera but at that price I couldn't resist. Question for anybody using Adaptall-2 kit on their Pentax's, I've got a proper KA adapter but it doesn't seem to pass aperture info to the body. I'm suspecting my adapter's a little b