At least the Pentax K and M lenses are usable, granted with restrictions, on the *ist D. This is more than can be said about 20-30 year old Canon lenses on their DSLR's
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Apilado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Re: Pentax's dSLR future? > I am one who eagerly wanted to get the *istD only to be disappointed that it > would not offer full compatibility with older K and M lenses as my PZ1-p > does. I no longer think of myself as owning any new Pentax equipment. As > long as film is around, I will continue to use my current film based > Pentaxes fully. Frankly, I think the way to go is Canon. > > Jim A. > > > From: Francis Alviar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:34:30 -0800 (PST) > > To: Pentax Discuss List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Pentax's dSLR future? > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:34:31 -0500 > > > > I can't wait to get an *ist D. However I would like > > to ask everyone's opinion whether it's a good time to > > jump in now or wait for the next Pentax dSLR. Where > > do you see this going in the near future? Will Pentax > > release a higher resolution camera (8 or 9 MP) or just > > continue to update the *istD with more features. Or > > will they release another 6.*MP dSLR based on the MZ-S > > or PZ-1p platform? > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 > > http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 > > > >
