P�l wrote : > > REPLY: > The whining about the lack of compatibility with lenses more than 20 years old is equally meaningful as whining about the lack of Asahiflex compatibility of the LX back in 1980. >
Not realy, some K/M lenses never got an A or later replacement, the relative compact but reasonable fast primes ! If I look at my most used lenses in my photo bag : what I have -> what I should buy new/used for using one lens set for my film (slide) and pentax DSLR fish eye 17/4 -> replacement 16/2.8 (twice the size) or the fishe eye zoom. M 20/4 -> replacement A/FA 20/2.8 (twice the size) or the FA 20-35 zoom 28/2.0 -> replacement A 28/2.0 (who can find one) or the very expensive FA 31/1.8 50/1.2 or 55/1.8 -> replacement A/FA 50/1.4 (I have a A 50/1.4, and various A 50/1.7, so this would do ) macro 100/4 -> replacement various bulkier macro lenses. or 85/1.8 -> replacement FA 85/1.4 (very bulky) A* 200/2.8 -> stil usable I shoot a lot of slides and some film, the film loaded camera will then be replaced by a DSLR. As you see, a DSLR with crippled K mount means almost a complete replacement of my most used lenses. Would you choose Pentax if you had to start from scratch again ? The problem is that in the eighties, the compact fast primes in the popular range are replaced by the 28-80 zooms. If you wanted a faster lens, then it was most of the time a very expensiive very fast prime. (20/2.8 85/1.4 135/1.8 etc.) So, people like me kept those M/K lenses ! And now we should dump them because of the extra cost of a aperture simulator ? George
