-----Original Message----- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Old lenses and *ist D
> I own over a dozen PENTAX K&M lenses, all superb. > I own 1 (ONE) "A" type or later lens . . . This represents maybe ONE new lens in the last twenty years? Unless you've bought a whole lot of other stuff, I don't think that's the sort of customer that keeps a company in business. 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 If they made their DSLR a K MOUNT camera instead of a KA mount camera I would consider buying one NEW but why should I if it doesnt support the basic functions of my K/M lenses? They LOST me when they could have gained a customer...... 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Not that I've been any better - since the Super Program pretty much the only stuff I've bought new has been a couple of bodies, a flash, and two power zoom lenses; one first rate (the 28-105), and one I no longer own (the original 100-300). I've spent far more than that, over the same period, in picking up used equipment. Nice for me, but it doesn't support Pentax. But, there again, I'm not complaining Pentax isn't supporting me. Pentax had already dropped support for the early K-mount lenses some time before the *ist-D was released; send one of those early lenses back to Pentax for repair and it's almost certain to come back marked 'service is no longer provided for this item'. All that being said, though, I feel that the *ist-D could have done a little more in the name of compatibilty. Not by adding the mechanical aperture sensor, perhaps - we'll disagree about whether it's reasonable to require that. But adding stop-down metering in manual mode would be possible without extra hardware. Perhaps, if we're really lucky, we'll see that in a firmware fix. 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Absurd. The aperture cam sensor is a simple device that they have been using even in their dirt cheap SLRs for decades. Go back to stop down metering of the 1960's in 2003? DUMB DUMB DUMB in a nearly $2K body... This decision which is purely a marketing one, not a technical problem, & has made me lose all respect and faith in Pentax as a company. They always attempted to maintain as much compatiblity as possible with their systems over the years and only dropped it in the name of progress. They have not added anything new to their latest lenses which is causing this compatiblity issue. It is total BS and I find it hard to believe that anyone in this forum finds what they are doing in the istD acceptable for K/M lens owners. I will not be surprised if they or someone else offers a true K MOUNT DSLR in the future.....That is a DSLR that supports all the functions of the K/M lenses..... JCO 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
