On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:45:27 +0100, Cotty wrote: > On 22/4/07, Steve Parrott, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Surely Canon would not do something that STUPID. No >> way in Hell would I spend the bucks on the camera PLUS a complete new >> set of lenses. > > Steve, were you by any chance around when FD became history? > > Nothing surprises me.
Me neither, I did get fast and courteous attention at the DMV once. But as far as the FD mount becoming history, the FD -> EOS transition was almost a necessity given the state of technology. Grafting electronic links to the FD mount would've been quite the kludge, and with the new mount Canon got way ahead of Nikon on autofocus. Have you seen the AF contraption involving a screwdriver blade on some Nikkor lenses? It wasn't fun to start anew (and I still have my FD cameras and lenses) but the pain eventually went away. -jav * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
