Its not an aperture simulator. Its an aperture cam sensor. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J and K Messervy Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 5:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey
I'm skimming all of these posts and still have no idea what the hell an aperture simulator is. I guess it can't be too important if I never knew I needed it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 12:14 AM 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
