[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The K2 is clearly the more evolved camera, with a number of relocated >controls and a different shutter-speed-dial design. > >It does sort of point out how the K series are essentially evolved >spotmatics (along the lines of the Metallica prototypes and such) and the >real "new design" came with the M line. I almost wonder if the K series >was put out simply to introduce the bayonet mount and use up stock, and >the M line was already in the works in 1975.
I think you may well be right about that except for the K2, which shares almost nothing with earlier Pentax cameras (or any of the other K series cameras). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
