Hmmm. All my CF cards -- five in total -- are easy to insert and remove. I'm quite comfortable metering with K and M lenses as well. I don't really think about it. But I use K lenses quite frequently. Paul
> On 6 Mar 2005 at 23:45, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > There's a small lip on the card that you can catch with a fingernail, > > and, as has been said here many times, Bob's your uncle. > > As has been said here many times before many cards don't feature this lip and > not all cards just slip out. > > > There have been numerous complaints (often by those who have never used the > > camera) that working with pre A series manual lenses would be difficult, and > > that such use is not intuitive, fast, seamless, or whatever other negative > > fantasy might gush forth from those ignorant in the ways of the Green > > Button. > > It took all of 30 seconds to master the concept, and but a few shots to > > become > > reasonably proficient with the technique. Using early manual focus lenses > > is > a > > piece of cake, and anyone who condemns the method used for so doing, or > condemns > > Pentax for offering a "crippled" camera that is not completely backwards > > compatible is just makin' noise. > > I'm glad you found it so intuitive, thanks for the lesson. > > Rob (who shot over 1000 images using his *ist D in the last week and still > finds the lack of aperture coupler and removing CF cards a PITA) >
