While the lenses do exist, the number of owners looking to buy into
Digital or modern film are a fairly small fraction of the current
market. Barely worth supporting, and not worth the extra engineering
required to integrate the extra functionality into the design (Hardware
is always harder to integrate than firmware, hence the firmware fix).
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
There is a big difference, millions
of PK/M lenses are still out there with ONLY
the cams on them, there is no need
to not support those if the cost of
support is very cheap in both the body
and with respect to the value of the
lenses and it certainly is....I am not arguing that new lenses
should or shouldn't have mechanical
interfaces, I am arguing that these
particualar lenses should still be supported
that happen to have simple mechanical interfaces.
jco
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: more green button wars
But by that standard, there is insufficient market for mechanical
aperture sensing. Otherwise every major SLR manufacturer would not have
abandoned it (Heck Canon and IIRC Minolta even abandoned mechanical
aperture coupling as well).
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Yes there is certainly insufficient market
for it because it isnt needed if the superior open aperture metering is
offered instead. That's a given. They don't offer what people don't
need. I am beginning to tire out over these arguments
because I posted an explaination why open apeture
metering is bettter but instead of you explaining
something wrong with my argument you just say
that its better ( Quality? ) without reason.
From what you are saying I gather you would
like or want stop down metering instead of open
aperture metering in all your cameras? WHY?
It's a serious question, not a rhetorical.
I ask because I don't believe there is any
reason to want it over open aperture metering
so Id like to know why in you would want stop down instead of open
aperture metering or why you thinks its "QUALITY" method based on the
post below...
thanks,
jco
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Levy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 5:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: more green button wars
JCO opined:
Like I said if anyone here thinks stop
down metering is better or as good as
open aperture metering than I would like
and explanation why NONE of the camera
companies use it anymore or even offer it as
an option in additon to open aperture metering?
Because its isnt as good that's why.
He really knows better than that. The reason companies no longer offer
stop
down metering is very simple. There is insufficient market for it. Relative
quality doesn't matter.
Anyone here remember the Chrysler push-button automatic transmission? I
thought it was exponentially better than the typical gear shift lever. The
majority of the marketplace disagred with me and Chrysler. They went the
way
of stop down aperture metering cameras.
Larry in Dallas
