Re: *ist series support for setting the aperture on the lens

[Peter J. Alling]

You gotta have 'em to sell 'em.
Andrew Bingham wrote:
Or they wanted to sell new lenses.  

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:24:56 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Bladt"
Subject: Re: *ist series support for setting the aperture on the lens
(was: ist D AE mode for K & M lenses)
   

It's not that Pentax do not support K & M lenses. They do in a way.
The problem as I see it, is that Pentax "ist-series" doesn't
     

support AE when
   

setting the aperure on the lens.
That actually goes for A, and FA lenses too!
     

For whatever reason, Pentax chose to remove the aperture estimator,
which is required for pre A compatability.
My guess, and it is just that, is that they decided that they had to
make cameras tht were priced as low as possible to stay alive in the
marketplace, but still retain some profitability, and they cut as
many cost items out as they could to do it.
William Robb
   


 


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