> > Forgot about the FA lenses. I've got K-mounts that are somewhat useless on > the D unless you use some techniques that have been described on the list. > For $1600 I want full compatibility that Pentax isn't going to give.
I know what you mean - I've still got a few M-series lenses in the bag, too. But the writing has been on the wall for some time - the MZ-50 was the first camera that offered less than full compatibility with those older lenses. And, lest we forget, the A-series lenses *are* twenty years old; anything manufactured in the last twenty years will work just fine on the new body. Over the years I've picked up a couple of "A" versions of lenses I already owned in the older mount, because I much prefer using the body thumbwheel on the PZ-1p to set the aperture. I'm a big fan of the Hyper modes, and am really pleased to see the *ist-D has gone back to that style of controls. If I owned any of the older K-mounts that didn't have reasonable equivalents in the newer mount (85/1.8, 200/2.5, and maybe even the 55/1.8) I'm sure I'd be somewhat less philosophical about this. As it is, the only pre-"A" lenses I had left were the M 80-200 I've just sold (to finance an FA 80-320 purchase) and one or two two lenses I'm not overly fond of, including a M 28/2.8
