It's the star, like in M*, that means compact. I have a genuine Pentax lens booklet, that says so. In A* the star means "excellent", "professional" or something like that. Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Lucas Rijnders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. januar 2006 14:52 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Amateur Photographer Op Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:13:19 +0100 schreef Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is the first time I've heard that. I can't see any difference > between > the mounts on the K and M designated lenses. Did Matanle describe the > differences? Didn't the working of the aperture lever (from movement related to radius to movement related to area, or the other way around) chenge then? >> [Original Message] >> From: Mark Steele > >> It's from the 28th January and it's by Ivor Matanle. In it he states > that >> the M-series lenses had a mount that was slightly different from the >> original K-series to make them fully compatible with the ME. I thought > the >> M-series was designed to be more compact (M for miniature?) but the >> mount >> was identical. It's not as if the ME had anything the K2 didn't, if >> anything it was the other way round. I suspect I'm mistaken, after all > Ivor >> is paid to write about these things. Does any of you know? -- Regards, Lucas
