i don't know much about *cAmpatibility* (i suppose
that has something to do with camps and campari?), but
the rest is BS, be it USA or not.
mishka
I don't like all this whining on the
list re non-A lenses. If you haven't bought a new
lens since 1981, you are not keeping Pentax in
I don't believe anybody here thinks you ought to buy an istD. Or any
other camera. None are perfect, and obviously you will be unhappy with
an imperfect cameras.
For the rest of us, we live in the real world where hardly anything is
perfect and are glad when something meets most of our
I've got the 30/2.8, 35/2, 40/2.8, 50/1.2, 85/2 and 100/2.8 along with
various 50's for which I have F versions. The 35/2 hurts a bit because I
bought that three months ago intending to use it as a normal. I've
basically decided that the 35/2, 50/1.2 85/2 will be the LX kit
while the 40 will
Not to worry, Robert. Lots of people here whine about everything Pentax
does.
Bill
Pentax has produced a fantastic digital camera, and at $1500 ($1700 some
places) US, is priced about right. I don't like all this whining on the
list re non-A lenses. If you haven't bought a new lens since
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: J. C. O'Connell
Many people have mentioned just using a hand held meter
intead of TTL. That will work a lot of the time, but
not with varible aperture zooms, and macro will also
get tricky because of light loss at high mags. Ditto
for filters
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:36 AM
Subject: RE: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
Not as fast as AE with auto exposure bracketing.
If you have the time, fine, but if you dont,
your outta luck
'scuse
On 9 Oct 2003 at 21:47, William Robb wrote:
You can't make it a black and white issue.
Agreed. I'd say that people who only use MF lenses and who have no
intention of buying AF lenses don't really have any economic clout when
they complain that new bodies won't support their 25 year old
On 10 Oct 2003 at 13:55, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 9 Oct 2003 at 21:47, William Robb wrote:
You can't make it a black and white issue.
Exactly. It just shits me..
Oops. Sorry about that.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
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I have been testing the fantastic *ist-D with a variety of lenses. So far, the Pentax
80-200/2.8 FA and Pentax 200/4 FA Macro have been stunning.beautiful. Tamron
24-135 not bad. Pentax 20-40/4 FA very good. Tamron 80-200/2.8 superb (adaptall pk-a
mount works just fine).
I believe the
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax has produced a fantastic digital camera, and at $1500 ($1700
some places) US, is priced about right. I don't like all this
whining on the list re non-A lenses. If you haven't bought a new
lens since 1981, you are not keeping Pentax in
On 9 Oct 2003 at 22:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax has produced a fantastic digital camera, and at $1500 ($1700 some places)
US, is priced about right. I don't like all this whining on the list re non-A
lenses. If you haven't bought a new lens since 1981, you are not keeping Pentax
in
- Original Message -
From: Rob Studdert
Subject: Re: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
So everyone whining hasn't spent good money on new Pentax glass recently?
Yer Aussie dollars are no good here, Toots!
I bought a new lens a couple of years ago. First new one I bought since 1988
or so
-Original Message-
From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
On 9 Oct 2003 at 22:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax has
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
Many people have mentioned just using a hand held meter
intead of TTL. That will work a lot of the time, but
not with varible aperture zooms, and macro will also
get tricky because of light
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
Many people have mentioned just using a hand held meter
intead of TTL. That will work a lot of the time, but
not with varible aperture zooms, and macro will also
get tricky
-Original Message-
From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fantastic *ist-D and Lenses
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: RE: Fantastic *ist-D
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