at some point I'll figure out how to reply to a thread now that I'm getting PDML in digest format...
J.C (I think) suggested a Canon digital rebel to mount my SMC takumar screw-mounts on, rather than waiting for a Pentax version of same. I'll admit, I'd thought about that. Looking at the specs for the digital rebel, I felt I'd be giving up too much of the functionality and control that I'm used to in a digital camera. Now that might be the case with any future Pentax $1000 DSLR too, but at the moment the only Canon solution that I see as viable is the 10D and at that price I might as well get the *istD for which I already have screw-bayonet converters. If nothing else, the *istD will get cheaper at some point and I can consider getting one then. In the meantime, I'm paying off a 70-200 G ED IF AF-S VR (PDQ DSC DSO ETC) Nikkor. All those letters do give better performance, although if I get a chance I'll have to see how it compares to my 85/1.8 SMC takumar which puts many modern lenses to shame! DJE
