I met a rep at an equipment show and lamented that I couldn't use my older K and M lenses, the way I could on my PZ1-p, on the *ist D. She kept insisting I could do aperture priority on the digital. Then she thought about it and said NO. I said Pentax had lost a sale because of this compatibility failure.
Jim A. > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:59:56 -0700 > To: pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Speculation, Rumor, and Innuendo > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:59:05 -0500 > > One of our local stores hosted a bunch of reps today. I've met the > Pentax guy before. He had heard no feedback on the *ist D (Christmas is > coming and he's on the road), and so was very glad to hear that I like > it, and that those on this list do also. > > I mainly wanted to ask him when the DA 16-45 will be available. He made > a call but the only answer he could get was "maybe soon." He actually > sounded encouraged by that because he had thought it might not be > available until spring. No list price yet, but he expects it to be > expensive. > > I had a chance to play with the AF 360FGZ on the *ist D. The double > flashes for P-TTL come in such quick succession that I doubt anyone > would have time to blink between them. > > The Pentax booth, btw, had customers besides me. > > I told him about the fast, wide primes that I think Pentax needs to > develop for the *ist D. For some reason he volunteered that Tamron is > working on digital lenses. Maybe Pentax plans to rebadge some of them?? > Just my speculation. > > Then I went to the Kodak booth to ask about the discontinuance of > manufacturing carousel projectors. The Kodak rep has not heard of that, > but said that she wouldn't necessarily hear what happens in that > division. Then she gave me two rolls of E100G, and a roll apiece of > E100GX and Portra 400 UC. They don't seem to fit into my *ist D though. > > As we already know, Pentax Japan tells Pentax USA very little, and > listens even less. > > Joe >
