See that's the problem with ignorance. If you don't know what's missing you never miss it.
J and K Messervy wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
