There may well be valid technical reasons for the loss of K mount compatability with the new generation of cameras, or there may not be. I'm not a camera technician, so I don't know. I don't trust the opinions of people who are not camera technicians on the subject, as they are, at best, hypothesizing from ignorance. 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Don't be foolish, Pentax has made MANY film SLR models for MANY years that provided full features of the K/M , KA, and KAF mounts all in one body. Digital Capture has nothing to do with the lens mount. You dont need to be a camera technician to know that the K/M features are being dropped (only in *istD hopefully) for non-technical reasons.
Stop making excuses for Pentax just because you bought one. You obviously dont own or want to own and use many of the fine K/M lenses they made or you wouldnt be so quick to accept this GLARING lack of BASIC features with use of K/M lenses....It sucks and was unnecessary. the proof is in the film SLRS that did it. PENTAX mgmt. has become jerks with this "decision"..... 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Canon forgot about completely when they introduced the EOS mount. 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 They upgraded the entire mount to go AF. Something was gained. Nothing is gained in Pentax abandoning the K/M features. There is no new lens mount or improvements causing this loss of features.. 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 What I do know is that the digital *ist is a hell of a nice little camera. 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 SLRs are camera systems, if it cant support my many fine K/M lenses the way they were designed, it is of little use to me as it is..... 888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
