----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland Mabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: *ist - not compatible with K and M lenses (confirmed).
> Now I don't follow you. > The *ist is an entry level body, the entry model in the new *ist serie. > For years, ever since the MZ-50 came out, Pentax entry bodies has lacked > support for K and M mount lenses. This is not a new thing, this is not a new > approach. The MZ-50, then the MZ-30, then the MZ-60 and now the *ist. This I know well of course:) However Pentax has changed its approach radically. None of the previous entry level cripled-mount bodies is so much packed with features. *ist "covers" much bigger area of the market than any of those bodies, which means that it is supposed to be more significant than, say, MZ-60. So far the MZ-60/50/30 were but exceptions to the rule; *ist, on the other hand, paves the new way... You know what I mean, don't you? > The more upmarket *ist's bodies will of course feature K and M mount > compatibility, just like the *ist D. Of course... > Nikon has support only for their non-electronic lenses only in the top > models (F5 and F100). Pentax keeps the support even in mid market bodies. > It's just that Pentax plans on having three filmbased SLR's, and Nikon are > currently offering six filmbased SLR's (3 entry levels - F55 - introduction > model to the entry level, F65 entry level, F75 advanced entry level). So, > their approach is not really comparable. I didn't say that Pentax walks the exact Nikon path. Its not about the number of bodies, it's more like the general direction - as opposed to the Minolta-Canon way of maintaining NO compatibility at all... Regards Artur
