Most here seem to agree that the firmware upgrade is a big improvement for the *istD. I tried some real shooting over the weekend with my Tak Bay 135 2.5 and the green button rapidely became a comfortable shooting style. Which of the following scenarios do you think best fits Pentax's motives:
1. They actually planned to have the *ist D work like this but wanted to release the camera before they were able to implement the "green button meter" 2a. They rather cluelessly though no one would care about the difficulty of using K/M lenses on the *istD and when they saw some fuss they said "Gee, sorry, we can fix that . . ." 2b. They rather cluelessly though no one would care about the difficulty of using K/M lenses on the *istD and when someone suggested they could use the DOF preview button they said "Wow, what a good idea". 3. With ruthless corporate thinking they tried to coerce people into buying more new lenses but realized they could sell more &istD bodies if they fixed it. Or, they were afraid that the loss of compatibility might cause enough folks to switch to Canon. 4. The folks who want to use K/M lenses have no real impact on business but when Pentax had the time to get a round to it they found a work-around with the green button as a "favor" to long time loyal users.. The mechanical coupler is gone because it just doesn't really matter anymore in the big picture. Part of me wants to say 3 but in all honesty I think they would have done better business-wise to stay the course and push folks into buying more new lenses. I'm leaning toward 2a or 2b, with 4 close behind.
