Hello Jim, welcome to this list (if I may say so, as I currently contribute hardly anything). I remember your name from the medium format "other brand camera" list and I keep a bookmark for your site to show other people how nice landscape photograpy can be and how beautiful your country is.
As for the *ist D and the Ds ... I have the *ist D and I am very happy with it. I have also tried the Ds. The differences between both are marginal if you look at how easily both can be operated, all in all. Using M or K lenses is easy on both - I use them a lot. I use only one M42 lens on the D, a 50 mm Macro Takumar which works fine as well. Something that took me a while to realise: If you have time ... you don't need ANY metering with a digital (SLR). Just select exposure according to your best guess and give it a try, check and correct if necessary. One last thing that has not been mentioned I think, is that there is no vertical grip for the Ds (and will not be, as there are no contacts). I always have the grip mounted to the D as it really improves the handling. Also, the D has no "picture modes"... Best Regards, Sven Keller Zitat von Jim Hemenway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > >
