Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com

[John Coyle]

Andy, the firmware upgrade came after the printing of the manual, so it was 
impossible to include it.  The unfortunate thing is that some Pentax users 
wishing to upgrade will be deterred, as were you and Francis Tang, by lack 
of knowledge on the part of the dealer/distributor with regard to the 
operation of older lenses.
Many years ago, the company I worked for wanted to become a distributor for 
Canon cameras, but the loops we would have had to go through, and the 
facilities we would have had to provide, including a first-class 
workshop,made us decide against it.  It seems a shame that that is not 
required of it's distributors today by Pentax:  in Australia particularly, I 
would be insisting that Pentax lens kits were offered with Pentax bodies, 
not Sigma, as happens here.

John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:54 AM
Subject: RE: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com


I made the same statement when I first looked at the Ds's manual....
But as a fellow list member mentioned, they don't tell you about the
info on how to use the non-A lenses on the manual. I think they'll
prefer that you go and buy new lenses!
So, I would not trust the manual or spec sheets on this particular
matter.
Cheers
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *istDS Review on photo.shopping.com
Mea Culpa.  I made that statement after talking with someone from the
Singapore Pentax distributors and poring over the *ist-DS spec sheet
with him.