"The funny thing is that I suspect the reasoning surrounding dropping the aperture ring control may have partly been a function of the move to make this body as small as possible. Anyone who actually owns a *ist will well know that you have to set the lens in the "A" position before it's mounted, the simple reason is that there is such a small gap between the overhanging prism/rtf that even I can't get my finger in to depress the lock button :-( "
This explains a lot. I had no idea what you meant when I first read this because I have never had any problem pressing the A-lock button on the end. I also have no trouble removing my CF card, although I can easily see how someone might. My fingers must be a lot thinner than yours. I've always been comfy with Pentax because the cameras are small. It just shows how personal some of these calls can be. On a more general note, my FA 100 2.8 macro has decide to start working with the *ist D again. When I get home I'll try the FA 135 and the FA 50. I just have no idea what when wrong. I have been fiddling with these lenses every other day for about two weeks in the hope that I would see the problem. The only thing different is that this is the first time I had the grip on the camera. In addition, I took out the batteries in the camera itself so that the entire package would be lighter but I would still have the vertical grip. Could removing the batteries have reset some function that was causing me problems? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
