I felt "betrayed" when Pentax switched over from the venerable screw mount to the K-mount. I started with Pentax back in 1963 and watched while other camera makes made the move to the screw mount. I thought screw mount would be the mount for all times! I have most of the SMC Taks now for my ES and ES II cameras. I have an LX, a PZ1-p, and a Ricoh that take K mount lenses - and my M42-s via an adapter. I have three K lenses and a couple of KA lenses. Dont't need anymore. I am content.
Jim A. > From: "Iren & Henry Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:50:16 +0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: End of K-mount? > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:50:25 -0500 > > Dear all, >> >> Good grief! How is possible to react in the way cited below to the fact >> that Pentax release two bottom level lenses? We had the same sort of >> reaction when they released the first plastic mount lenses. Suddenly all >> Pentax lenses would use plastic mounts! Pentax is just releasing the same >> crap as the competition. Those who buy these lenses don't give a damned >> about lens compatibilty. The rest don't care either as they would never buy >> any of them. This is a non issue! >> >> P�l > > I must admit that I was a bit hysterical last night when I first read the > news at around midnight. These are the last things that I wish to learn > before going to bed. > > My problem is, if Pentax to going to release more lenses with FAJ mount to > match the coming D-SLR, I will be gone to Canon. There's no point for me to > remain staying with Pentax because my existing film cameras, MZ-S and MZ-5n, > are not able to control the aperture value manually. I hope the KAF3 mounts > will only bring us USM and IS, but not G..... I now face the dilemma like > the owners of Nikon F90X. It would be too late if I switch system when > Pentax eventually release a FAJ*80-200/2.8 USM IS. > > Regards, > > Henry Chu > 12/2/2003 > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > >
