The SDM support required a minor mechanical change to the miirror box, changing the sensor would have required changing the entire imaging subsystem. The other enhancements are mostly software.
Thibouille wrote: > Very true, but AFAICT, they did exactly the same with previous bodies > since ist-D. > We shouldn't be surprised, really. > > Then again, a D40 (if I rememeber well) is not even capable of any > metering at all with old Nikon lenses. > > Anyway I really wouldn't wait for a True Kmount compatibility on such a body. > > On a slightly different topic: I wonder why they didn't go 10Mpix. I > see no problem personnaly but clueless folks on the street might care > nonetheless. > > Essential is there: SDM. There's probably nothing changed at all internally. > > It seems the K110D will become VERY affordable and the K100D (non > super) might become a nice deal as well. > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
