I own a Pentax 645. I own 5 lenses for that camera that I guess I could use on the newer 645s. I would hate to get screwed (sorry M42 fans) if Pentax came out with a digital 645 type camera that had an entirely different lens mount. Jim A.
> From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:47:41 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Old lenses and *ist D > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:47:29 -0400 > > For the past 3 or so years I've been on the group the > complaints about Pentax have had 2 major components: > > 1. Pentax should change. > 2. Pentax should not change. > > In their history Pentax has shown a penchant for trying to do both. > In the 80s we got the "A" and AF interfaced but kept > K-mounting of lenses. COMPROMISE. > > In the ist/compu-bodies we get electronic aperture control and > also K-mounting of lenses. COMPROMISE again! > > So, what does Canon have to offer that might be a > reason to change? > IS & USM. > If you need/wants quiet af and is on your long lenses, > that may justify a change. > > What might Nikon have to offer a person to change? > More-solid PJ-grade bodies. > If one needs/wants this then there would be cause to change. > > What does Pentax have to offer? > Best optics. Limited, FA*. Pretty much all in the > shorter focal lengths. (Nikon users might argue some > specifics, but the whole range of Pentax optics, > both current and past, are clearly outstanding.) > If this is what one needs/wants, Pentax is a consideration. > > In these 2 newest bodies they've also provided a fine AF system. > That's been requested for a LONG time. And from what I've read > it's probably as good or better then the similarly-priced > Canon & Nikon offerings. > > I think Pentax has done fine job of establishing a place > in the top 3, with Olympus & Minolta continually fading > into photographic oblivion. > > Pentax has survived a rough marketplace. It'll be interesting > to see what they do in medium format in the next 2 years. > > mnsho, > > CRB > > > > RE: Old lenses and *ist D > >>> From: "J. C. O'Connell" >>> >>> Cripped Pentax lenses do not equal uncrippled >>> lenses from other mfgrs.... >>> >>> If I cant use my pentax lenses the way they >>> were designed to be used, I would rather >>> sell them and go with the most modern >>> lensmount there is at this time, the canon >>> EOS. It was designed as AF, unlike pentax >>> and nikon, bigger throat, and better selection >>> of lenses both new and used.... >>> >>> I'm not insulted, I'm in disbelief that Pentax >>> would abandon the BASIC functionality of the K/M >>> lenses. Reading the aperture setting of the lens >>> for open aperture metering and AE was achieved >>> over 30 years ago in the ES screwmount era for >>> christ's sake. To act like its not that important >>> now is mystifying, not insulting..... >> >> So go John. Perhaps you forget that Canon completely abandoned their >> customer base some 15 years ago. >> Go hard, but have the decency to go with dignity. >> >> William Robb >
