Interesting - why I find the Pentax way quick is because your right hand is already holding the camera - no need to change. Just press with your 4th finger (almost sits over the release button). Your left hand is already holding the lens for shooting. So no position changes at all to remove the lens. Just press with your 4th finger on right hand and twist with your left hand and the lens is off.
I'm guessing that for most it is the way you first learned that seems the easiest. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, March 2, 2007, 10:45:20 AM, you wrote: GD> I've never 'accidentally' detached a lens from the body with the K- GD> mount. GD> However, I have often noticed that changing lenses with the Pentax GD> mount seems to be a little slower than changing lenses on my Nikon or GD> Canon SLRs was. I find I have to change hand positions on the lenses GD> and body more due to the location of the release button and the index GD> mark, which slows things down. I often need to find somewhere to put GD> the lens or body down too, which I don't recall having to do so much GD> with either Nikon or Canon bayonet mounts. GD> It's not that big a deal, I don't change lenses as often as a GD> photojourno probably did in the late '60s-early '70s, and don't have GD> use a case that is set up for fast lens changes either. Perhaps GD> that's the bottom line... a case that allowed a quick place to drop GD> the lens you're taking off safely and pick up the lens you're fitting GD> would speed up changes and minimize the juggling act. GD> Hmm I might have to design something ... ;-) GD> G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
