I second that. I was really looking forward to that camera, now I am not. I don`t think Pentax gives a rats ass about what we think here on the list. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 12:32 AM Subject: To Pentax in Japan (does anybody have their email address?) > Dear Pentax Corporation, > > For more than 14 years I am a user and a big enthusiast of Pentax > k-mount equipment. I have spent a huge amount of money both on new and > used Pentax k-mount equipment. In all this time the one feature that > never let me think much about other brands was the unsurpassed > compatibilty of the k-mount. I use and combine with pleasure bodies and > lenses in all variations of the k-mount. And I would like to continue > doing so when acquiring a digital SLR body. > > Now Pentax is finally ready to release its first digital SLR. Like other > Pentax users I have been very patient waiting for one. Thanks to a very > friendly Pentax sales person I have been able to try a pre-production > *ist D. Generally it is a very nice and well-made camera which I would > happily buy. However, I then could use my 30 beloved lenses with plain > k-mount only at wide open aperture (in aperture priority mode) or > without metering (in manual mode). This really stops me from buying the > *ist D. I need and want full k-mount compatibilty, or at the very least, > I want the camera to offer a mode of operation in which it meters > correctly with K- and M-series lenses at any aperture. One solution > would be that the camera would meter when the lens is stopped down via > depth-of-field preview. This feature could easily be installed by a > software update. > > I want you to know that > > 1.) I will buy a new Pentax digital SLR body ONLY, if it offers a > correctly metered mode with K-series and M-series lenses at all apertures. > 2.) I will NOT buy any Pentax film-based 35mm SLR which is not fully > compatible with the k-mount. > 3.) I will NOT buy any Pentax 35mm SLR lens which is not fully > compatible with the k-mount unless it offers image stabilisation. > > Greetings from Hamburg, Germany, > > Arnold Stark >
