Even more ultimate compatibility ;-)) http://tinyurl.com/b97ye <http://adsl-065-013-121-247.sip.pfn.bellsouth.net/camera_collector/pentax/p entax.html>
Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis > > BTW, it seems easier to use a screw > > mount lens on the ist-Series camera > > than a K mount. At least in the limited > > circumstances that I've tried thus far. > > That's the general opinion, amongst most folks who have tried it. > You get (stopped-down) Aperture Priority exposure mode simply by > mounting the lens+adapter on the body. > > You lose open-aperture composition through the viewfinder, of course, > but that's true of using a screw-mount lens on any K-mount body. > > In fact I've suggested, rather tongue-in-cheek, that this is the > ultimate in backwards compatibility; with a screw-mount lens on > my *ist-D I can use it (in manual mode) just like my Spotmatic II. > Or, if I want this newfangled AE stuff, that's available too. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
