I know and understand exposure modes. What they are offering for K/M is not the same as or as good as true AE. Period. If it was there never would have been aperture cams on K/M lenses in the first place. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I don't need to buy or use the camera to see what they > are doing sucks. [...] Therein lies the entirety of JCO's philosophy. Sorry, JC, I can't agree with such a head-in-the-sand attitude. If you haven't handled or used the camera, the simple fact is, you do NOT know. But you can't see beyond your nose. keith whaley > JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > > > Or course I read it. But it's only your opinion, and it's not even > based on personal experience. IThe vast majority of Pentax users who've > bought and used the *istD don't agree with you. > > > On Sep 18, 2004, at 7:58 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > >>Guess you didn't read this: >> >>JCO wrote: >>You guys don't seem to understand the implication of abandoning >>support of K/M lenses with no technical ( and no one has yet proven it [...]

