----- Original Message ----- From: "James" Subject: Re: *ist series support for setting the aperture on the lens(was: ist D AE mode for K & M lenses)
> > has anyone looked at the new nickon lenses? they don't have an aperture ring at all, what about cannon? minolta doesn't. > seams aperture rings are old hat????????????????? Canon and Minolta dropped aperture rings when they went AF with the EOS and Maxxum series of cameras. As in both cases, the lens mount was totaly redesigned, and the compatability path with older lenses was terminated, it wasn't such a big deal (except for the total dropping of support for the now outdated equipment) Nikon and Pentax retained them to maintain backwards lens compatability, since they didn't change their mounts. Nikon dropped full compatability though, some 20 years ago when they went to the AI lens mount, and now they have quite the little minefield on their hands. Pentax should have maintained mount compatability, perhaps not with the ist film camera, but it would have been nice with the digital. I suspect that they just didn't see as much point in that as they did in putting a product on the market with as low a sticker price as possible, since DSLR buyers seem more price sensitive than feature sensitive when it comes to old lens issues. There are more people on this forum who would rather see image stabilization than K mount compatability, as an example. William Robb
