----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey
> Why would anyone shoot FD lenses on EOS film bodies > If they are going to lose autoaperture? That's what > Would have happened back in '87 even if Canon > Somehow allowed FD lenses to fit their EOS film > Bodies. They would want to for the same reasons you give for wanting to shoot with K/M lenses on a DSLR. The big difference is you can shoot with K/M lenses on a DSLR, FD lens users really don't have very good options. They would want to if they didn't want to buy a bunch of new lenses, or wanted to shoot with a fine quality metal bodied lens rather than an plastic AF lens with no aperture ring and crappy feeling manual focus (all the reasons you give, BTW, for wanting to shoot K/M lenses) I just don't see how you can debate that Canon did no wrong by dropping all support for the FD mount, while at the same time pillorying Pentax for limiting support for K/M lenses > > Secondly, I only gave one example of why FD > Compatability was abandoned, there have been > Others. > Every example you have given so far has been defeated by a reasoned argumnet. Your major, oft repeated example disagrees with the philosophy of product support that you say is uf utmost importance. Essentially, you are disagreeing with yourself. You don't need my help for an argument, you do just fine by yourself. > For example, what is the default mode of FD > Lenses when not mounted on a body? It is > Wide open regardlesso of aperture ring setting > Like M42 lenses or is it stopped down like PK > Lenses? If it's wide open like M42 lenses there > Would be no way to stop down on a EOS body because > FD lenses don't have AUTO/MANUAL aperture mode > Switches like pentax M42 lenses do. I just got off the phone with a friend who is a Canon FD owner. He is pretty sure that the way Canon did the EOS mount, that no direct adaptor was possible. He is equally certain that they did it that way to keep users from using their older lenses anymore. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
