> > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/15 Thu AM 10:00:26 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Well anybody know in what ways m42 screwmounting systemissuperior > to K mounting system? > > mike wilson wrote: > >> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/02/15 Thu AM 04:19:24 GMT > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Well anybody know in what ways m42 screwmounting > >> systemissuperior > >> to K mounting system? > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Tom C" > >> Subject: Re: Well anybody know in what ways m42 screwmounting > >> systemissuperior to K mounting system? > >> > >> > >> > >>> 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.
I can do that easily with my film cameras (being lefthanded possibly helps) but I find that the prism gets in the way with the DSLR. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
