On 28 Sep 2003 at 15:36, William Robb wrote: > I can't remember the > last time I was this excited about a camera. I think you will find that all the > manufacturers are going to be making semi compatable lens lines. Digital is a > different format.
For those of us that have now owned fairly competent digicams for some time and understand their potential uses and limitations. IOW the honeymoon is over for some of us. I am looking for a work-horse not a toy to play, a digicam that will integrate well with my existing Pentax film equipment hence my apparent disappointment. > Right now, it is using lenses from a bigger format, which is > fine, but really, lenses dedicated to digital should be better for digital. I > can't see Pentax dropping lenses for film cameras anytime soon, though dropping > aperture rings does disturb me greatly. Camerons post said it well "Pentax's lack of vision in their overall design concepts", not encouraging. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
