Roland posted, among many other good things: > But the *ist D will have full compatibility with the older lenses. > So, there's still no signs that Pentax are about to abandon support for > aperture ring. You can't judge Pentax future mid and market bodies by the > entry-level body. >
What bothers me, (I am not Boz, and I am not switching to Canon anytime soon) is that the film *ist is now the FOURTH entry-level body they've introduced with this mount. My only reaction to the ZX-50 was "well, whatever, I'm not buying that particular body. Maybe they'll see it's a mistake to have one that doesn't fit in with the compatibility that makes this system." I'm still not buying the crippled-mount bodies, but each time they produce a new one they seem more committed to this path, and I start to worry about where it will end.
