Just curious, has anyone "accidentally" detached their lens from the body?
I ask that because I am in middle of a debate on the merits of the K-mount which is opposite to the layout of the Canon/Nikon/Olympus/Sony(KM) mounts. To change a lens with the k-mount, your hands are in their natural positions with the left hand holding the lens and the right holding the body with the index finger resting on the shutter. An extension of the middle finger presses the release button and a twist of the left hand removes the lens. With the other cameras, you have to change hand position first before anything else can happened. Someone said that the other systems are safer because it keeps dummies from accidentally detaching their lens. Has not happened to me with the K-mount (I once accidentally detached a zoom lens from a Canon AE-1; I thought the breech mount ring was the aperture...). I actually think that the other systems have *become* more unwieldy since digital cameras shrunk the left side where the film canisters use to sit giving users less of a grip... Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
