The JCO survey - I should start lurking more often.....

[John Forbes]

You're right.  I was just testing Don to make sure he'd picked up on this  
point :-)

John

On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:33:16 -0000, J. C. O'Connell <hifisapi at gate.net>  
wrote:

> Because the lens mount is the same as it was 32 years ago!
> That's why. You cant say its OK because the K/M lenses
> Are old. So is the current lens mount. There is nothing
> Technically that cause the need for removal of full
> KM support on these bodies because there is no new mount
> Or mount feature which necessitated dropping the KM full
> Support.
> jco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> John Forbes
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:55 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: The JCO survey - I should start lurking more often.....
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:20:26 -0000, Lon Williamson <lonw at isoc.net>
> wrote:
>
>> A flagship is a flagship,  and if there's a K1D in the future, it
> should
>> be as
>> complete as the LX was in its day.
>
> Quite right.  As complete, not more.  I don't recall that the LX mounted
>
> screw-thread lenses without an adaptor.  And I don't recall that the
> adapter was able to stop down the lens when you pressed the shutter.
>
> In other words, the LX provided only partial support for six year-old
> lenses.  So why should the K1D provide full support for thirty two-year
>
> old lenses (assuming it makes its debut in 2007).
>
> John
>



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