Tom, I agree on all but the last item. Less parts do cost less. So yes, it is a cost cutting measure, although I doubt that was the primary reason for the change.
-Adam Tom C wrote: > I honestly think some people get it, other's don't care to. > > I personally think the aperture simulator should be there. I also think it > was deliberately left off to wean customers away from older lenses in which > there is no profit and to coerce thenm into buying newer lenses. For the > most part only those with older lenses will care. I see Pentax's logic on > doing this. > > I don't think there's a single ounce of truth in it being a cost-cutting > measure. If someone at Pentax ever said that it was an excuse... SPIN. > > > Tom C. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:50:36 -0400 > > How many times do I have to post this - THERE IS NO NEW LENSMOUNT > OR LENSMOUNT FEATURE on the Pentax DSLRs. If there was and it > Was important ( no power zoom for me thank you), that would be > One thing, but there isnt so this isnt being done in the name > Of progress whatsoever. Its all regression because the DSLR cameras > Could fully support ALL K mount lens series fully. K/M support > Isnt being removed for something new and improved. > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Shel Belinkoff > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:15 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > Strict definition? Is there a Pentax dictionary somewhere that defines > what a K-mount lens is? > > What a lot of people seem to be overlooking - or at least ignoring - in > these threads is that the K-mount has evolved. It now allows for auto > focus, passing information to the camera body, it makes it possible to > record EXIF data, and it's going to allow the use of the new DA* lenses > with hypersonic auto focus. Might it be possible that there's only so > much > "room" within the lens mount design that in order to have these new > features, and the K/M lenses, the aperture simulator had to go? > > While it would be nice if I could use my K/M lenses a little more > conveniently, and I do want the aperture simulator to return, I'm happy > to > give it up if it means that there will be newer, more advanced lenses to > use on newer, more advanced cameras. I don't want to keep looking back > - I > want to look forward to more interesting developments in lens and camera > technology. > > We're in a new age of photography - it's exciting and dynamic, and > Pentax > seems to be on the verge of a renaissance. I'd like to see it emerge > fully > from the past decade or so of being a photographic has-been and also-ran > and move forward, and perhaps even set the pace, in this decade. It > ain't > 1975 any more. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Cory Papenfuss > > > > Death knell? Dude, it is far from dying. > > > As a matter of fact, I'd say > > > the k-mount is flourishing more than it > > > has in 20 years. 5 or 6 *ist > > > varieties (at least three distinct bodies) > > > plus 3 new kXX[X]D bodies in > > > the last couple of years that are selling > > > well and have been well > > > received is anything but a funeral procession. > > > And don't forget to add > > > in all the new lenses (some of actual high quality). > > > When I say K-mount, I mean K-mount by the strict definition... > > which includes the aperture simulator cam. That was one of the > primary > > initial technologies that constituted the K-mount in '75. The current > > > mount should be called the "crippled K-mount" as many have suggested. > > > And yes... the "crippled K-mount" is doing well. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
