Hi Mariana

My name is mark i'm from australia [we to have great beaches] i agree

with John, if your camera is working fine spend your money ona new lens

or two, but don't uderestimate yourself as a photographer, some

of the most memorable 35mm photos were taken with a 50mm lens.

I regularly try to leave the wide angles telephotos and zooms at home

and walk out the door with just a standard lens fitted to a fully manual

camera body, its good to just get back to basics somtimes.

Having said that there's nothing like new equipment to give you a kick-

start if your feeling uninspired, whatever you do, enjoy.

Hi all

I thought that the faj lenses were basically the same as the fa range but pemanently set to "A" and that any other AF pentax or generic lens set to "A" would peform exactly the same can this be confirmed or denied?

regards mark

The popup flash on my mz5 recently failed, I had been using the af280t I use with my LX on it when I needed more power, when it failed I serched all over the net to see if it was a common fault and found that older flashes can damage the circuits on newer cameras, I don't know if this was the problem in my case but if anyone out there is doing the same it may be a ticking time bomb so check it out before you damage something.

Its not all bad news for me though instead of repairing the popup I bought a Sigma ef500st and love it, just turn it on and away you go, 48 exposures at a party on the weekend and all spot on, and plenty of life left in the batteries too, its all good.

mark

thanks for the info stuart, I guess I'm not too disappointed I tend not to use my m/f lenses [mostly K and M series] on my a/f bodies and vice versa it's just nice to know I can, I've handled the *ist and I like the way it feels and handles, without test driving it, I think you've made a good choice. I'm happy with my present line up of film cameras so its the D*ist that really interests me, at least if I stick to lenses with an aperture ring I'll have backwards compatability, thanks again keep us updated on the *ist' performance.

Mark

thanks for the info stuart, I guess I'm not too disappointed I tend not to use my m/f lenses [mostly K and M series] on my a/f bodies and vice versa it's just nice to know I can, I've handled the *ist and I like the way it feels and handles, without test driving it, I think you've made a good choice. I'm happy with my present line up of film cameras so its the D*ist that really interests me, at least if I stick to lenses with an aperture ring I'll have backwards compatability, thanks again keep us updated on the *ist' performance.

Mark