http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/technology/K-mount/Kaf2.html
Those are power zoom contacts, it appears to me. --- Bertil Holmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
