One of the things that makes the Pentax SLRs and DSLRs different from the competition is the very reliable looking arrangement of the lens contacts in the actual bayonet mounting ring where the others have resorted to feeble looking designs with the contacts added in ways that look more as an afterthought than anything else.
This may well have very little practical importance and hiding the contacts inside the body may even be an advantage. However, to a quality concious engineer, the Pentax design looks superior, as do much of Pentax other work. What looks right usually also is right. To me it simply looks intellectually decent, or satisfactory. In the K10D, Pentax has joined the rest, by adding two contacts inside the body, most likely for the "USM" functionality. I only noticed it today when studying the image of the camera without the lens. http://mac.tidings.nu/PinkyPentax/Images/Pentax/DSLR/K10D/ K10Dxtrabtns.jpg Having two different sets of contacts likes this looks crappy to me, like a real kludge. But I suppose there were no other way of doing it... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
