On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:51:33 +0100, you wrote: >Best wishes to all and thanks for all I've learned from you! >To all KMP contributors most sincere thanks! > >Bojidar Dimitrov
Many thanks for the KMP site, Boz. I've enjoyed it many times. I bought a Nikon D100 DSLR, intending to hold onto my Pentax lenses until the arrival of a Pentax DSLR. The D100 cost me a bundle, maybe four grand for the body, flash, a few lenses. Works great, much better than I expected. In hindsight, I should have bought fewer Nikon lenses. Seems my 24-135 zoom and 300/4 get all the work. I've got a 28/2 Macro, 100/2.8 Macro, 85/2, 135/2, and 180/2.8 that seldom get used. Maybe they stay in the bag because the 1.5x multiplier makes every prime lens a little strange. Most likely it's just my normal bad habit - buying too much gear that I seldom use. Let me make one statement I feel very strongly about: If the *istD and *ist line fulfill their promise, Pentax is only a few lenses away from parity with Nikon and Canon, at least for most of us amateurs. We only need one or two USM IS lenses - a 24-135 zoom and something around 300mm. I'll most likely buy an *istD just to use with my FA* 600/4, and for the wife with our other Pentax lenses. Selling my surplus Nikon lenses should pay for the *istD. What Pentax lacks, for me, is an AF 300/4 USM with a perfectly matched 1.4x AF teleconverter. If Pentax introduces a 300/4 USM IS with matched AF teleconverter, my Nikon gear will certainly go Ebay... and I'll be in line for the Pentax full-frame DSLR, which of course will be compatible with my M-20/f4. Hog heaven, no doubt. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com
