Re: TTL - Olympus and Pentax

[Graywolf]

There was Pentax developed it. The called it the K-mount and licensed it to 
anyone who wanted to use it for $1.00. Not $1.00 per lens. Not $1.00 per year. 
Just $1.00 period. Most companies preferred to design their own mount so you 
were stuck with buying their cameras one you had a system. Such is the business 
mindset.

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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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