Hi Pal and Everyone Else, It only makes sense that Pentax will keep aperture rings on most higher end future lenses. (I hope) What MZ-S owner would want a lens that doesn't allow him to use aperture priority or manual modes? We need that aperture ring, unlike with the PZ-1p where you can get by without it !! I find the apertureless FA-J more disturbing than an *ist that can't work pre KA lenses. Of course they both go hand in hand I guess, kind of like Bonnie & Clyde.
As soon as I read a few good independant reviews, I will buy the *ist. A Fellow Pentaxian, Ryan >>>>I don't claim anything as I don't know. What I claim is that I've been told that Pentax have no plans to remove the aperture ring from their higher end lenses and that the FA-J and *ist's are entry level products. This has been said by Pentax engineers and until similar credible sources state otherwise, these are the lines my opinions will follow. Of course a might be told bullshit but I don't pretend to know anything by first hand knowledge but we can always speculate. However, to my mind, since all worthwhile current Pentax lenses have aperture rings (close to 60 in number), I seriously doubt that the function of the said ring will dissapear anytime soon unless they plane to discontinue all of them in the next few months. Of course they may stop K/M compatibility at a certain point. Maybe even now. They have to at some point. However, Pentax have made a host of great cameras that take those lenses, the latest the MZ-S, and these owners certainly had their fill. The fact that they may not be able to use them on a DSLR isn't the cathastrophe it is made out to be. Pål __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
