I was getting ready to write the exact same thing and you did it for me. What I love about Pentax is I have a couple of LXs, a PZ1 an MZ-S and I can use every lens on them. Now the ist-d comes out and I can still use every lens I own on it. All I need is an external light meter. Oh, and I got one of those too. Can't do that with Cannon, I don't think you can do it with Nikon. Vic
Personally, I don't care either. The camera is nice, though not perfect. I have plenty of lenses to use, and if I can't use a few of my K/M lenses, so what? I went through many years as a photographer with just a 50mm lens, and did some of my very best work with it. I still have a few (dozen) film cameras that I can use, if I want to, and I can use my older lenses on bodies that they are contemporaneous with. Life is far too short to worry about things of little importance. K/M lens compatability falls into that category. For me it became a "so what?" issue when I picked up the ist D. William Robb
