If I interpret what you wrote, the Pentax engineers in designing the *ist and the D had a design accident that made older K and M lenses partially incompatible? Mmmmmmm. I wonder if some independent digital camera maker might capitalize on the Pentax error and create a body that would be fully compatible with all K and M lenses and thereafter? I would be very interested in such a product.
Jim A. > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:06:42 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:06:51 -0400 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Alling" > Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D > > >> That's not my point. If I'm going to have lenses that don't work properly >> with my film SLR and lenses that won't work properly with my digital SLR > why >> would I even want them to have _almost_ compatible mounts. > > The almost compatability is, I am sure, accidental. > I wonder how much complaining there would be if they had just released an > entirely new lens mount, perhaps a downsized K mount with a short flange to > film plane, which really would take advantage of the APS sized sensor? > They could have put an adaptor on the market that would allow A series and > later compatability, and everyone would have been so bamboozed by the > brilliance of it that they wouldn't have noticed the loss of basic K mount > compatability. > Last week, I was fuming about the loss of backwards compatability. > This week, I couldn't give a rats behind. > The camera is lovely, I have lenses that work on it, and all is right in my > world. > > I'm serious Peter, pick one of these babies up and then tell me if backwards > compatability matters to you. > > I bet I sound like one of those people that just discovered Jesus at a > Promise Seekers convention. > > I met a girl once. > She was pretty, but not the prettiest. > I can cook better than she can, but she puts a good meal on the table. > Sure, it would be nice if her tits were bigger, but I like her fine, and I > married her. > > It would be nice if the ist D had K mount compatability, but it doesn't > matter so much. > Theres lots of pictures out there that this camera will take, with the > lenses I have. > And it feels so damned good, it's hard to put down. > > William Robb > >
