Yes but Canon abandoned the FD mount for many valid technical reasons. It was similar to the way pentax abandoned the screwmount. Pentax abandoning the K/M aperture sensor has nothing to do with improvement of their lenses or bodies. It is pure screwing of their customers previous purchases for zero technical reasons or improvements......
I do not think this is the end of the K/M line however. Pentax still can offer advanced models over the *istD that arent needlessly crippled with K/M lenses.....Very simple to implement. JCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Old lenses and *ist D ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Old lenses and *ist D > Cripped Pentax lenses do not equal uncrippled > lenses from other mfgrs.... > > If I cant use my pentax lenses the way they > were designed to be used, I would rather > sell them and go with the most modern > lensmount there is at this time, the canon > EOS. It was designed as AF, unlike pentax > and nikon, bigger throat, and better selection > of lenses both new and used.... > > I'm not insulted, I'm in disbelief that Pentax > would abandon the BASIC functionality of the K/M > lenses. Reading the aperture setting of the lens > for open aperture metering and AE was achieved > over 30 years ago in the ES screwmount era for > christ's sake. To act like its not that important > now is mystifying, not insulting..... So go John. Perhaps you forget that Canon completely abandoned their customer base some 15 years ago. Go hard, but have the decency to go with dignity. William Robb
