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The '''Pentax *ist D''' is the first production digital camera from [[Pentax]] in the [[SLR]] configuration. Released in 2003 it was a worthy successor to a long line of Pentax film cameras. It supported all [[K mount lenses|K-mount lenses]] made, but those made prior to the SMC-A series - the SMC-K and SMC-M lenses, which lack an 'A' mode -- were usable only by first metering with the press of a button. | The '''Pentax *ist D''' is the first production digital camera from [[Pentax]] in the [[SLR]] configuration. Released in 2003 it was a worthy successor to a long line of Pentax film cameras. It supported all [[K mount lenses|K-mount lenses]] made, but those made prior to the SMC-A series - the SMC-K and SMC-M lenses, which lack an 'A' mode -- were usable only by first metering with the press of a button. | ||
Revision as of 01:07, 11 April 2011
The Pentax *ist D is the first production digital camera from Pentax in the SLR configuration. Released in 2003 it was a worthy successor to a long line of Pentax film cameras. It supported all K-mount lenses made, but those made prior to the SMC-A series - the SMC-K and SMC-M lenses, which lack an 'A' mode -- were usable only by first metering with the press of a button.