Geez, there I have started a discussion
I was simply not too sure if I do something wrong and, the technical details are not really chinese for me as I am working in a Uni Physics department
I was not frightened, but simply on holidays happily testing my new digital toy along with the good old slide films
Many many thanks to all of you!
Cheers,
Tanya

Hi everybody,
after thinking for a long while I have finally bought an istDs which has joint now my Z1p and MZs. Well, I have a really stupid question after a discussion with a friend who is never ever using the depth of field preview: To actually see if my exposure is okay (in manual mode and aperture ring permitted), I generally use the little depth of field preview to close the diaphragm in the lens. But, I just keep it close and simultaneoulsly adjust aperture via the ring on the lens and speed on the camera. He had the theory that this might do some harmt o the camera and or lens? Well, please tell me if I do some nonsense there or if it okay!
Cheers,
Tanya

Hi everybody,

I have a totaly stupid question: After years of Z1 and Z1p I have bought an MZ-S. Well, not quite as my good old ones, but.... at least ligther and less plastic.
I have two Sigma-lenses without an aperture ring. Please tell me that I can still find somewhere a Pentax function that allows me to do that.....!? If not, I directly sell that stupid little box!.

Cheers,
Tanya

Hi everybody,
the platic battery cap on my good old MZ-5n is now completely gone....
Does anybody know if Pentax is still supplying the spare-parts?
Thanxs a lot.

cheers,
tanya

sorry,
I found out the my collegue was talikng about the istDs. I think he has his wisdom form the german pentax site where they listed that under the technical data. I wonder if a lot of people will by the new istD when they can throw everything away. Strange that they cannot simply keep the compability.

tanya

Hi!

Thanks for that information!! That makes the future decision that next pentax is a digital one a lot easier!

cu,
tanya

Sorry about this, but I can`t open that b.... thread!
As I have a quite a lot of old k-mount SMC pentax lenses and the limited edition ones, I`am just wondering if I can use them on the digital *ist using the camera in complete manual mode? A collegue here told me that on the D*ist I can only use old k-mount ones with extension tubes? Is that right?

thanks for your help.

cheers,
Tanya