Those contacts were in earlier film cameras as well ... They're not hidden, but quite out in the open, although recessed. The design has been working well for its intended purpose for many years, it seems.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bertil Holmberg > 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
