On 30 Dec 2003 at 19:18, graywolf wrote: > Now, Robb, and others, are pissed at Pentax because they do not get full > compatability with lenses that Pentax has not sold for over 20 years when using > them on the new cameras.
Make that 2 years. The funny thing is that I suspect the reasoning surrounding dropping the aperture ring control may have partly been a function of the move to make this body as small as possible. Anyone who actually owns a *ist will well know that you have to set the lens in the "A" position before it's mounted, the simple reason is that there is such a small gap between the overhanging prism/rtf that even I can't get my finger in to depress the lock button :-( The stupid design of the memory card access port is probably another compromise due to the design size constraints. Unfortunately the *ist D review on luminous- landscape (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax-istd.shtml) highlights these problems and others and for the first occasion I tend to agree with Mr Reichmann. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
