On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Gonz wrote: > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > I have to say that I consider it great news. Choosing to support full > > frame, aperture ring and on top of that, picking some primes speaks > > very positively. These represent to me that they are looking beyond > > the first time buyer and trying to provide for more serious photogs. > > > > The aperture ring is puzzling. Does this mean that they are going to > make a digital body that supports the old aperture linkage again? I > tend to doubt if they did this to support old bodies, which are all > film. A DSLR with full backwards support would almost imply a super-D, > not a baby-D. Of course they may have also have gotten so much flak for > not making the *istD fully compatible with older lenses that they did an > about face. We've already seen them try to alleviate that with the > firmware fix that gives partial functionality back.
These aren't reduced image circle lenses, so they are also useable on Pentax film cameras. Since the MZ-S doesn't have body control of aperture it makes sense to put an aperture ring back onto the lens. I don't think that this changes any of Pentax's plans though. alex
