paid the fee and build K mount, (or contracted with Cosina et. al. to build them), cameras, not that
any of the big makers ever would have dropped their proprietary mounts. Remember the Leica
M mount became the standard after most of their competitors were either on the ropes or already dead.
frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:12:11 -0400, Peter J. Alling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I believe they both used m42 mount lenses if that's what you mean.
Don't forget, m42 at one time was called "universal mount" - because it was.
Then when everyone went bayonet, they brought out their own unique mounts. Can't have folks swapping lenses now, can we? Once you've bought into a "system", there's no going back!
Wouldn't it have been nice if everyone would have got together to decide on a universal bayonet mount? Mind you, there'd be no Cottyesque Frankencameras... <vbg>
Seriously, it's more or less happened with rangefinders, M-mount being the standard. They could have done it with SLR's if they'd have had a mind to do so.
cheers, frank
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