The age of the lenses is irellavant, its whether they are compatible with the current mount and K/M lenses are fully compatible with the latest mount, pentax is just choosing to disable some of their functions for no technical reason whatsoever. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey - I should start lurking more often..... Not even worthy of a response. John Forbes wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:20:26 -0000, Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> A flagship is a flagship, and if there's a K1D in the future, it >> should be as complete as the LX was in its day. >> > > Quite right. As complete, not more. I don't recall that the LX mounted > screw-thread lenses without an adaptor. And I don't recall that the > adapter was able to stop down the lens when you pressed the shutter. > > In other words, the LX provided only partial support for six year-old > lenses. So why should the K1D provide full support for thirty two-year > old lenses (assuming it makes its debut in 2007). > > John > > -- 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
