that this electronic marvel costs I damned well want to at least have the option of
using my old lenses in some kind of metered mode. I'm not as bad off as JCO, I do
own some FA/F lenses, they are few enough to list so I'll list them, F 4-5.6 70-210 which
is a very good lens indeed, FA 4.0 28-70 which makes excellent images but I'm always
afraid I'll break, 43mm LTD which most on this list have more than passing knowledge
of, and finally the FA 28-200 a lens I've been thinking of starting a thread about, Most
liked and at the same time disliked lens. All except the last are very well thought of
and are capable of making great pictures. The majority of my lenses are K and M lenses
carefully selected over the years for their unique qualities and picture taking abilities
and it just galls me that Pentax has made the marketing decision, and make no mistake it
is a marketing decision, to remove compatibility with these great lenses. In point of fact
I often had the opportunity to get the KA version of a M or K lens that I now own, the M*
300MM for example but I chose the M for it's better, (marginally I know), build.
By the way when I learned photojournalism most PJ's and their editors thought Light Meters
were for wimps. On a digital camera the concept of not using one just seems so stupid.
At 10:09 AM 10/6/03 -0400, you wrote:
We should not be so dependent on built-in meters to take pictures. Use a
separate light meter or a backup body, or take a light meter reading with an A,
FA, lens on the istD and then pop on the equivalent K or M lens and shoot away..
Maybe if photographers learned to use their equipment or their brains we
would not be so dependent on our in-camera light meter. There was a time not long
ago when photographers used external meters, many still do.
So go out and buy some new "OLD" KA lenses or an external light meter and
take pictures... and stop complaining. Find a way around the problem instead of
dwelling on it... That what GOOD photographers do....
Vic
I drink to make other people interesting.
-- George Jean Nathan
