On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, whickersworld wrote: > Once their > > compatibility decreases, and the lenses they produce (like > Nikon's > > G-series) stop working on MF bodies, then they've just > alientated a lot of > > people. They'll still make money selling cheap SLRs and > p&s cameras, but > > they'll simply be a lesser company than C/N instead of a > different one. > > Exactly so. That's why the *ist and *ist D make me slightly > sadder than I already was.
Actually, the *ist will work fine with MF lenses. It's the entry-level bodies with the crippled mount, the dSLR with the crippled mount, and--worst of all--the FAJ lenses with no aperture ring that really worry me. chris
