Fortunately there wasn't an internet at the time, so we weren't deluged with complaints that the M42/K-mount adapter was 'crippled' because it didn't provide full-aperture metering.
After all, it wouldn't have been *that* difficult to come up with a mechanical coupling from the K-mount actuator lever to the pin on the back of an M-42 lens, would it? Shel Belinkoff mused: > > But Paul, there was always that little adapter that allowed screw mount > lenses to be used on the K bodies. Surely Pentax could have made that > available with an earlier switch to bayonet mounted lenses. They could > have been loyal to current users and met the competition head on. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Just imagine if Pentax had made a bayonet mount Spotmatic in, like > > > 1968, and concentrated on making an innovative pro-level body back > > > then, instead of coasting the way they did... > > > > > > > > > > True Frank, but there were two sides to that story. Those of us who > > were using screwmount in the seventies were none too happy to see > > Pentax obsolete our lenses. I think the company was torn between being > > loyal to their user body and meeting the competition. > >
