I have found that my K lenses meter properly. I use my Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro quite often. I also use my K 85/1.8 quite a bit. I remain quite pleased with the way they function on the *istD. No surprises for me. Paul On Oct 21, 2006, at 12:24 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> No, but they might find one that they want to use, and that will be > quiet a surprise, after they've been told about the unparalleled > backward compatibility Pentax supports by the marketing department at > the time they bought the camera. When I hear, to paraphrase a bit, "K > and M lenses usable with some limitations." I think, of course > there are > some limitations, they can't autofocus. I don't think, these lenses > won't meter properly and don't support any kind of exposure > automation. > > William Robb wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" >> Subject: Re: The JCO survey >> >> >> >> >>> Are you suggesting that you are using all the features of each of >>> your >>> cameras? If not, please don't isolate the particular artifact in >>> your >>> (non) quest for a cheaper body. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Are you suggesting that every DSLR buyer has a raft of K/M lenses >> that >> they want to use? >> Or that K/M lenses can take advantage of every feature that a modeern >> camera offers? >> Give your head a shake, Kostas. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
