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Lowell Goudge · 06-19-2008, 02:24 PM

I started with a Ricoh XR-2s in 1981, esentually a poor man's K2DMD. It was a very capable camera, and I then went and added a KX, and later a PZ-1 before going digital.

By the time I got the PZ-1 I already had a good collection of lenses so staying with pentax made sense, and the PZ-1 was back compatible (sound familiar) with everything. I have added some new lenses as I have moved forward to *istD and K10D, and at this point, it just makes good sense to stay with pentax.

The Pentax cameras have never let me down, and as all my lenses except the sigma 10-20 are full frame, every one except my FA-J 18-35 (limited to PZ-1 only) is useable on all my film bodies.

Even flashes are compatible. The AF540FGZ will work in auto mode so it is useable on the film bodies, and the AF500 FTZ works in TTL mode on the PZ-1 and *istD with every lens I own!

It is a system, not a camera!

06-19-2008, 02:24 PM	#40
Lowell Goudge Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Gallery Photos: 2 Posts: 3,443	I started as a Ricohonian! I started with a Ricoh XR-2s in 1981, esentually a poor man's K2DMD. It was a very capable camera, and I then went and added a KX, and later a PZ-1 before going digital. By the time I got the PZ-1 I already had a good collection of lenses so staying with pentax made sense, and the PZ-1 was back compatible (sound familiar) with everything. I have added some new lenses as I have moved forward to istD and K10D, and at this point, it just makes good sense to stay with pentax. The Pentax cameras have never let me down, and as all my lenses except the sigma 10-20 are full frame, every one except my FA-J 18-35 (limited to PZ-1 only) is useable on all my film bodies. Even flashes are compatible. The AF540FGZ will work in auto mode so it is useable on the film bodies, and the AF500 FTZ works in TTL mode on the PZ-1 and istD with every lens I own! It is a system, not a camera!