If the reason is that you think the focal length shift is unacceptable, then save money by getting the lenses designed for the D series - you'd have to do so anyway if you change systems.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
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I'm always anticipating the release of the "next" Pentax dSLR, precisely because I have a collection of Pentax glass.
However, judging by the *ist-D and *ist-DS, it looks like this is not a good reason anyway. The only lenses I would be able to salvage frrom my collection are the A24/2.8 (which would no longer be a "super wide"), A50/1.4 (hardly "standard" anymore - perhaps a good portrait lens) and the A70-210/4 (but that's not my most used lens). Sadly, I wouldn't be able to use the M35/2 (which I love on the MX, and would make a nice "standard" lens for the istD/S), nor my M85/2 (which despite being previously described as a "dog" on this list, I love anyway). The other glass I wouldn't miss so much (a smattering of 50s, plus a Vivitar 28/2.8 and a Ricoh 135/2.8).
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Francis Tang. PDML lurker, one-time hobby photographer.
