Re: [Leica] Off topic Pentax digital

[frank theriault <knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca>]

Hi, Don,

I'm on the Pentax Discuss Mail List (pdml), and the reviews of their dslr
have been mixed - except those who've actually handled one.  All of the
latter, love it.  Impressions are similar to yours.

One thing though, it may be that not all Pentax lenses will work with the
*ist D.  Some may only work at max aperture - at least the pre-A lenses
(those with a mechanical connection only - no electrical contacts).  I
~could~ be wrong, because I've been mostly ignoring the digital threads on
pdml, not giving a rat's you-know-what about a body that I won't be able to
afford for a while.  But anyone who really cares about backwards
compatibility may want to check into it.

regards,
frank

Don Dory wrote:

> Well, B.D. started it with his thread on the digirebel.  I had the
> opportunity to play with the Pentax Ish D which is a 6MP digital camera
> due out in September.  Metal body, finder useable in very dim lighting
> (1/8 @F1.8 ISO 400) pretty simple control layout, JPEGS, TIFFS, RAW,
> glass pentaprism.  The CCD is the same as on the Dleica 100 Kyle uses.
> It had a really good feel to it and fit my rather large hands.
>
> I think this would be of more interest to this list than the digirebel
> as the size is pretty close to an M with a pentaprism.  Mechanism noise
> was not obnoxious.  I especially liked the limited edition lenses that
> were available to use as well.
>
> If anyone has any further questions please bring them up.  My impression
> was very favorable, it was as close to an M in feel that any mostly
> electronic camera has been.
>
> Oh, MAP is $1699 and it can use any lens Pentax has made for any of
> their SLR's, 42mm to 6X7 with appropriate adapters.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
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