Cotty wrote: > On 9/10/06, Vic MacBournie, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I think we have to give JCO points for being so passionate and not >> backing down from his position. I think he's argued the point so >> vehemently that at this point he can't believe most people don't >> outright agree with him. What he does not seem to realize is that we >> all agree with him but are not willing to forego shooting digital >> because of the minor inconvenience it brings. JCO I think very few >> people are arguing with you about whether you are right or wrong, they >> just don't think it's worth giving up on Pentax digital as a result. > > I think in Vic's way he is saying that he agrees with JCO ;-P > >> If >> I were you and I loved those old lenses so much, I would stock up on >> LXs and MZS's and get myself a good slide and negative scanner. Voila - >> full support cameras and digital to boot. >> By the way that's exactly what I have done. Problem is i still use the >> istD 90 per cent of the time... > > Alternatively buy a Canon, saw the aperture couplers off the backs of > your lenses and use them in full manual or AV stop-down metering > mode...no green button :-)) > > > ;-) <---------------------just in case >
You don't even need to do that if you buy a 1.6x crop body. Cameraquest sells a (bloody expensive) adaptor that works with unmodified lenses on the 1.6x crop bodies. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
