Alan, I'm very inclined to agree with that. I suspect we could be seeing the beginning of the end of Pre-A lenses. Fortunately for me, all my lenses are A or newer.
Bruce Friday, June 6, 2003, 12:04:40 AM, you wrote: AC> If an expensive model like *ist D doesn't support pre-A lenses, there is AC> almost zero chance any future Pentax SLR will. AC> regards, AC> Alan Chan >> Hm... I have mixed feeling about this. >> On one hand I know I won't buy this crippled mount and just hope >> the next camera (an upper model, full frame sensor maybe?) will >> feature full K mount compatibility. >> On the other hand, I expect coherency from Pentax policy - the only >> guarantee the K system will survive to digital transition, and that >> may very well imply the new mount is here to stay... :o( AC> _________________________________________________________________ AC> Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. AC> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
