The irony of my statement in reply to Mr. Chong seems to have been lost
on both of you.
John Celio wrote:
So, Pentax's promise to produce a line of D-FA lenses with aperture
ring is worthless? I guess JCO is right you can't believe them
anymore.
Hello, have you looked at the D-FA lenses they have right now? Here's
one:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/camera_lens--smc_P-D_FA_100mm_F2.8/reqID--3092/subsection--Digital_35mm_macro
As for JC and the other people bitching about old technology: calm the
fuck down!
First of all, Mr. JC, I would like to point out that USING ALL CAPS
WHEN WRITING is usually taken as shouting, or at the very least,
aggressive speech. If you want people to stop being so argumentative
with you, consider being less aggressive in your writing. Please.
Secondly, to everyone involved in this debate, try to remember these
words: To each his own.
By this I mean, if someone wants an aperture ring so badly they're
prepared to knock other lenses sight unseen, then let them.
Personally, I don't understand the obsession with something that only
makes a lens more expensive, but I'm not going to tell someone they're
wrong because they want it.
I mean, a camera is a tool, right? Just like a hammer or a microwave
or a nuclear bomb. One uses a tool how one sees fit.
In my humble opinion, however, there's nothing wrong with cutting
corners as long as you can still get the job done to one's
satisfaction. Not having an aperture ring is simply another way of
using a tool we call a lens, and as long as you understand how to use
the adjustment wheel on your camera, you can still get the kind of
result you would if the lens had the aperture ring.
It's called adaptation, folks. Everyone does it from time to time.
To put it simply, Pentax is being forced to adapt, by changing the way
some of their lenses are made, because the current camera industry is
forcing them to. Other SLR-makers' profits are well above Pentax's,
and they have to do SOMEthing to change that so they can stay in
business. I'm sorry if you take that personally, but it's a fact of
life.
In the end, I think we should all be happy that we can at least *use*
our old lenses on Pentax dSLRs. Remember that San Francisco panorama
I made? That was shot with an old screw-mount lens. Be glad you're
not a Canon FD-mount user, or an Olympus OM-mount user (or a Konica or
Yashica user, among others). Want to use those old lenses of yours on
a current camera? Sorry, you're S.O.L.
John Celio
P.S.: for any MiSTies out there, no, S.O.L. does not stand for
Satellite of Love.
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