On 2/15/07, Peter Loveday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> You didn't scratch up the lens mount trying to get the bayonet lined > >>>> up, > >>>> like with the K-mount, instead you simply cross-threaded the lens. > >>>> > >>> Before Pentax buggered up the lens release, and took the dits off the > >>> lenses, there was never an excuse to mis mount a K mount lens. > >> > >> Buggered up the lens release? I find the lenses more difficult to take > >> off the DSLR than the film cameras but haven't been able to, er, put my > >> finger on why. What's your take on the matter? > >> > > > > The release is badly located. With the more typical location on the > > other side of the mount(like Nikon and Canon EF) you can, with a little > > practice, operate the release with the same hand that grips the lens as > > you remove it. Makes for really quick lens swaps. The release location > > is my one beef with the K mount design from an ergonomics standpoint. > > Hmm... but Bill indicated that the K mount was better before they buggered > it up... I don't think K mount has ever had the release on the other side, > has it? At least none of my bodies do (admittedly I don't have a K series, > only M and later)
Bill's talking about the location of the tit on older lenses (that has been removed on newer lenses) and the lens release button on the camera. They used to line up so you could do lens changes purely by feel. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
