Surely all decent M42 lenses, other than mirror lenses, have an aperture ring. You are never able to set the aperture from the body unless the lens has a Ka mount.

G

Oh really? My *istD is neither junk nor valueless, and it is four years old.

From the beginning, I found it to be slow to write to the card, and that is really it's only significant drawback. The K10D solves that problem, and that is the primary reason I upgraded.

When I am not in a hurry, the *ist D continues to serve me well, especially when I am travelling, and need something light.

I expect to be still using my two K10Ds in five years time, at which stage I will consider them to have done me very well.

It may seem strange, but I buy cameras to use. Not to moan about, or agonise over, or to lie awake at night worrying about the depreciation. That's a mug's game.

But then, why let logic and facts get in the way of a good rant?

G

Try here first. If no joy, try Ebay.

G

I suspect you have something wrong with your image-viewing software. It should convert the noughts and ones into little gems of shining colour. If all you are seeing is noughts and ones, you are using a text editor.

I have loads and loads of slides going back to 1973. Never look at them; it's too much bother to get the projector out and faff around with trays, screens, and goodness knows what.

My digital pictures, however, are accessible in fractions of a second - even the oldest ones - and will remain so.

No contest.

G

The A 50mm 1:1.2 was actually a current lens until very recently, and it is not impossible that Pentax might still be making small batches.

The same is true of one or two other A lenses that never made it into F or FA form.

G

It's actually JR who says that. My camera work is too improper, so I use RAW. JPEG is for people who know what they are doing; RAW is for novices.

G

Cache 22?

G

This would be a terrible development. If MS establishes a new file format, we'll end up apying for it in one way or another.

Avoid like the plague.

G

I have to say that if you can get the 50-200 for under £100 then it probably makes more sense than buying a second-hand 70-210 which will be at least 16 years old.

However, my comments were made in relation to the K10D, not the *Ist bodies, which were very light. The 70-210 is not a bad match with the K10D, which is quite heavy. And it focusses quickly with the K10D, too.

G

No.
N/A.
Yes.

The F is an excellent lens, and it seems the DA is pretty close.

G