<SIGH> Not all KM lenses are "perfectly good" on APS-C sensors. Some work better than others. That said, it's my understanding that in some situations lenses optimized for the digital camera are the better choice, regardless of how well an older equivalent may work with film. Thus far I have found one of the Pentax jewels (K28/3.5) to be less than stellar on the istDS. A little more testing and experience is in order, but it may be one of the lenses that fits the description.
Unless I'm mistaken, the price of this "missing body part" has escalated substantially since this thread started - from a few cents to $25.00. Rampant inflation is upon us. Blame it on George Bush. Shel > [Original Message] > From: J. C. O'Connell > How many times are we going to rehash this. If one > Has to buy all new lenses it defeats the purpose of > Staying with pentax. Canon has a much better lens > Market, new and used. I cant understand how you > Can defend pentax on this, replace many many perfectly good > High quality Pentax lenses because of a crippled > Body mount missing a $25 part? Just plain Dumb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
