I recently bought an old used screw mount 55mm f1.8 lens for my istD. First let me say that is lens is extreemly sharp and fast, it is a complete pleasure to use. I just love this lens. My newer 50mm, and my autofocus zoom havent seen the light of day in about one month.

All this being said I should admit that can't seem to get into this new fangled auto-focus thing. And I love the fact that the apature on this camera closes as you move the apature ring. This allows me to quickly preview my depth of field in realtime ... new screwing around with the preview button.

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What is your favorite lens?

I have been using Pentax camera's for almost 20 years now, with my latest being the *istD. However I get the impression that Nikon has become the Professional standard ... Why?

Did Pentax miss something when marketing in the 80's.

Oly 4040z

I am assumming this is an olympus. I have no idea about their lenses, however every pentax lens ever made will work with the *istD, with some obviouse limitations.

My favorite lens in a 40 year old pentax screwmount.

I saw a photo today where the person said they used a canon camera, and a pentax lens!

Is that possible?

I just bought a 55mm F1.8 screw mount for my *istD. It looks like a wonderful lens.

I am sorry, yes I am talking about the istD.

This *istD will work fine, just get a firmware upgrade. Even my screw mounts lenses work well with my ist.

I would love to see a pic using the 15mm on an *istD!