Thanks. You answered my question regarding the AF system! I think I will wait for the upper level film body in this new series of camera...or maybe not?
Best, Peter --- Cameron Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine just bought an *ist film > camera; what a nice > little machine! It has 95% of the functions of my > PZ-1P, just missing > the faster flash sync and 1/3 stop bracketing (it > will do 1/2 stops). > The auto focussing is fabulous, it is small, light, > great metering (3 > types), focus point selector is awesome, and it > really looks quite neat > once you get used to it. He bought it with a new FA > 28-70 f=4 and a > used FA 50 macro (he does a lot of macro work with > his current > digital); we were looking at getting the new 24-90, > but it would have > put the system a little out of his price range, and > once he saw the > used macro he really wanted it. I do know that the > 28-70 was a highly > regarded zoom on this list, becoming a bit of a cult > item once it had > been discontinued. > > It is interesting to note that Pentax has gone > in one fell swoop > from the worst autofocus in the industry to arguably > the best; all they > really need now is HSM for speed and quietness of > operation. We > compared all of the current lines, including Canon > and Nikon, and the > Pentax won out. And it was me that was pushing him > to try the other > brands! He went in to just buy the Pentax on my > recommendation only (he > undoubtedly will be borrowing lenses off me). The > only other big > disadvantage with Pentax is the availability of > rental lenses; with C > or N, there are large stocks of lenses available for > rent; with Pentax, > there are next to none in this city (one store has a > 300 2.8 Tamron > with an adaptall mount, but that would be manual > focus only). > > All in all, my friend is very happy with his > new *ist, and I was > suitably impressed; I can only think of what the > next generation of > high-end cameras from Pentax will be like! What an > awesome little > machine. > > Things are looking up! > > C. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
