You do know why they changed it? If you don't Then don't assume it would have been simple to keep. They may have changed it for TECHNICAL Advantages like the way they made the EOS throat much Larger for technical advantages. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey Do you not understand how simple it would have been for Canon to keep the FD register on EOS thus allowing non-optical adaptors for FD/FL glass? -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Do you even know the technical differences > Between the FD and EOS mounts? EOS mount > Has things (improvements ) that FD mount could never do. > Canon decided it was better to start from scratch > On the EOS lensmount rather than do what pentax > Did which was shoehorn AF into what they already had. > BUT, since pentax did this, there is no reason why > The K/M cant be fully supported even with the current mount. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 10:01 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> Don't you understand the CANON made VAST >> Improvements to their lensmount when they >> Went to EOS which caused the incompatiblity >> With FD whereas pentax hasnt even changed the >> Mount at all? (only disabled features). HUGE difference. >> If pentax HAD to drop K/M support in order >> To make DSLRS that would be one thing but they >> Didn't have to and still don't have to. > > This didn't preclude them from continuing to make a few legacy bodies to > > support the legacy lenses. > Nor did it preclude them from engineering the EOS mount in such a way as > > to allow non optical adaptors to mount FD lenses. > Pentax managed it with the K mount when they moved away from the M-42 > mount. > Canon chose to end FD mount support in order to force sales of new > lenses. > IOW, it was an economic dcision based on corporate greed, and a lack of > concern for the fact that LENSES not bodies last forever practically and > > long term Support of the lenses is of utmost importance. > > William Robb > > > > > -- 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
