Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 10, 2005, at 7:48 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:26:53 -0500, Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > wrote: >> Assuming that SonC was really interested in the Pentax, I would >> suggest >> looking at the new Rebel XT as well. Approximately the same small >> size, >> will also accept the old thread mount lenses, and had a screen that >> was >> easy to manually focus even with a F4 lens in relatively dim light. >> They should be in stores any day now. >> >> With that said, I really do like the *ist D for its small size and >> quiet >> performance. > > [coming out of lurking mode] > > Do compare both by all means, especially the viewfinders. The Rebels > both have pentamirrors, while the Pentaxes, besides providing a bigger > image, are real pentaprisms. > > The viewfinder is one of the bigger selling points of the Pentax DSLRs. > > Also, besides the old M42 lenses, the Pentax will work with all K > mount lenses made, which is also a big plus (and is helping make those > lenses really expensive lately.) I also understand that Pentax makes adapters to allow use of Pentax 645 and 6x7 lenses as well...