First,welcome aboard.
Secondly,i'm sure some of the folk who have had their istD and Ds's longer than
I can help
a bit more
but:
My main concern for a camera is how it feels in my hands.The istD is actually a
bit
smaller than i would
like(i find the pz-1 perfect)but the Ds was smaller and thats my main reason
for the D.
Secondly i have only 2 AF lenses and the rest are M or M42 mount.I never
considered the
Pentax DSLR
(i bought a Nikon D1 in 2001 and a D2H last year) until the firmware upgrade
that enabled
the non A
and M42's to be used.That pretty much made up my mind. I just procrastinated
long enough
to get a
good price.<vbg>
The D needs the green button pushed and has Hyp M and P but i dont think you
need the
green button
for the non A lenses with the Ds and i dont thinjk it has Hyp M.
I have many CF cards and did not want to switch to SD.My only complain so far
is with
flash,but i seem
to have a better handle on it now,and the battery indicator.
Dave Brooks
> Hi Folks:
>
> I'm new to this list. Along with some other brand cameras, I've been
> shooting with a Pentax ZX-5n. Since I have a bunch of AF lenses for it,
> I'm thinking of getting the *isD for digital work.
>
> I also have some Spotmatics with a bunch of lenses as well and would
> like to use some of those screw mount lenses on the digital camera.
>
> If screw mount lenses are used on the D, is metering available? When I
> handled a D at a camera store several months ago I was told that there
> wasn't any metering possible for those lenses... but then I later heard
> that some sort of software upgrade had been made available. Is this true?
>
> Also, can anyone here tell me if one can use screw mounts on the DS?
>
> Other than the price difference, is there a reason to get the DS?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim Hemenway
>
> Some of my photos are here:
> http://www.hemenway.com
>
