Pentax moved the location of the lens release from the original K mount location. I agree with WW it's more difficult to put a lens on the camera, though I don't find have any real problem taking them off however.
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? > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
