Cotty wrote: >On 30/09/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Cotty is the one who I first saw attaching Pentax lenses to a canon >>digicam - someone else >>(forgive me that I can't remember who it was) told me that simply >>attaching the adaptor to the lens and >>camera would work... and it sure did -- >> >> > >I believe it was Adam. > May have been more than one -- but yes, I think that is right...
>The only thing I can't understand my dear, is why attach the Pentax >glass to a Rebel? I could understand a full-frame 1D. I could understand >a 1.3 crop 1D mark II or III. I could even understand a 1.6 crop D40 or >it's ancestors. I can't understand why a Rebel. > It was the only Canon 35mm digital I could afford. :) I got it at B&H reconditioned. It was there. I don't know the others... I paid under $500 for it... I love this camera - and even more now that I can use my great old glass on it... >The K10D is streets ahead of the Rebel. Even the *ist D and its siblings >has a better viewfinder and even I admit they're better than a Rebel. >Why the Rebel? > The viewfinder seems amazingly good to me - the body is comfortable to hold and lightweight. I started digital with a canon a80 powershot, then the pro-1 If I had money I could just play with I guess I'd add one of those Pentaxes to the collection but its impossible . But I hate those itsy bitsy SD cards they take. I can hardly see them let alone handle them. I actually had an istD and a zoom lens for about 1 day and returned it... although I'll admit it was before I had the computer with XT on it and before I had cable computer connection.... I couldnt' cope with more changes.... I like the Canon zoom with the SR - but now that i have that adaptor I can sell the other Canon lenses - the kit and the non SR 28-135. So for all those reasons and some I can't think of at the moment but exist... I chose the 300D ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
