On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Scott Loveless wrote:
The sad part, and this was mentioned very recently in another thread, is that the crippled mount limits the use of non-A K-mount lenses while the old screw mounts work just fine. What the hell were they thinking?
Well, you get the Av with M42s for free, they just stop down, and therefore the camera believes it has an f16 lens (even though the label says 50 f1.4, for example :-).
With the K-mounts being open-aperture metering, there is a need for additional gear to support Av. They elected not to put it in. If you don't mind the risk, you can effect the M42 behaviour on Ks by unscrewing them just to the point of them stopping down. No, I do not recommend this :-)
Happy New Year one and all! Kostas
