Pentax backward compatibility is un-surpassed. You better not even
think of mounting a
TX lens on an EOS body, (though you can mount an M42 lens, with an
adapter), with Nikon you
need a lens body compatibility chart. I've seen one somewhere it's, how
shall I put it, yes, it's interesting.
With Pentax you can even use most new lenses on old bodys, which is
mostly impossible with Canon, and once
again you better not lose that Nikon chart.
Don Sanderson wrote:
I don't know Canon or Nikon at all.
How "backward compatible" are they compared to Pentax
as far as glass?
I hate to say this but the only things that have kept me
loyal to Pentax are the viewfinders and the abundance of
inexpensive yet excellent lenses.
Can the other two make a similar claim?
Don (Who just bought a Nikon FM to see what the 'other
side' was really like.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Why choose *ist DL over Nikon or Canon competitors?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/01/05 1:08 PM >>>
Just a hypothetical question:
If you did NOT own any Pentax or k-mount lenses, why would you choose
the *ist DL over the Nikon D50 or Canon 350D (RebelXT)? (price
being equal
or
near-enough; I believe the D50 is supposed to be much less than the
350D,
but let's ignore that right now)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
if you showed someone all three cameras and they did not already have a
Canon/Nikon brand bias, then I think the *ist DS or DL could do OK. I
like small camera bodies, and it has just as nicer fell to it than the
Rebel (IMHO).
Ok so one reason to choose the DL would be ergonomics/size. Good reason.
Any others?
I compared the Ds next to a RebelXT. The Ds viewfinder was WAY
better, but,
let's play entry-level user here: the Canon offers "more" megapixels
(remember, new users are interested in pixel count; why else would
manufacturers be cramming 8mp into teeny digicams?). and we
don't know how
the DL's viewfinder will compare.
I'm just curious how the pdmlers would sway a new entry-level consumer.
Christian
--
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
--Groucho Marx
