I bid on an ist a couple years ago (not ebay) and missed it by a day or so. It has some nice features and looks good as well. I am pursuing this mainly to see if the DA lenses I have will provide some usable film images. Also, in my astrophoto endeavors I have had a lot more luck with film than the digital stuff. This is mainly because the DL and the K10 are horribly noisy at exposures longer than 45sec to a minute. At least with film I can go as long as the light pollution levels will allow. In some dark sites I have available that could be an hour or more. (not that I am capable of lasting that long at an eyepiece!)
Walt On 1/3/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure that the *ist (film), isn't the best right now. It's > relatively recent. Will probably still be a manufacturer repairable > camera for longer than the PZ will be. On the other hand it would > probably be easier and cheaper to look for a good condition used body if > something goes wrong. (The autofocus on the *ist is considerably more > advance than on any of the others, though the viewfinder is probably > inferior). So many trade offs. > > mike wilson wrote: > >> From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2008/01/02 Wed PM 08:56:20 GMT > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: What Pentax body? > >> > >> Do I need to use the DA lenses and be able to set aperture. > >> > >> I just bought a K-1000 bodywith an adapter to fit my telescope so I > >> can shoot film shots through the scope. Out of curiosity I attached my > >> 10~17 FE and the DA 50~200. The 50-200 appears to cover the whole 35mm > >> frame at both ends, and the 10-17 does so at 17mm Looks pretty sharp > >> through the VF. > >> > >> So, I am looking for the cheapest 35mm film body that will work > >> properly with these lenses. > >> > > > > The best (probably Z-1p) will be only marginally more expensive than the > > cheapest one, so why stint yourself? > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
