No unless you do something stupid or do something else at the same time I have a hard time to imagine how one could drop a K lens. Maybe if I do it on purpose, I will try this afternoon with a couple of lemons without any value and report back.
2007/3/2, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
