On Jul 22, 2006, at 3:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Accuracy is no more guaranteed with a mechanical system entirely >> in the >> lens than with some of it in the camera body and part in the lens. > > True, but accuracy is more expensive to achieve with a mechanical > system. You will of course always have a mechanical system in the lens > as long as the diaphragm itself is a mechanical device, but with the > mechanical set-up as it now exists, you have two mechanical systems, > one in the camera, one in the lens, *both* of which must made > accurate. With an electronic system like Canon or Minolta, half this > mechanical stuff is eliminated.
Yes, I agree. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
