M mount in its current incarnation is also the most advanced successful RF mount. While it hasn't evolved much since 1953 (Only the addition of 6 digit lens coding with the M8 introduction) it is arguably the current state of the art. Attempts to launch newer, more advanced RF mounts have effectively failed (Contax G anyone?)
-Adam On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More to the point: The Leica M-bayonet lens mount has been in current > production on lenses since 1953 by its original vendor. The Practika-Pentax > screw mount for auto-iris lenses has been obsoleted, effectively, for over > thirty years even though a couple of third-party vendors still make lenses > in this mount. > > As I said in a previous email: Ain't gonna happen. > > G > > On Nov 20, 2008, at 1:34 PM, John Celio wrote: > >> Leica is an exception, but for good reason: their M system is used >> primarily by professionals and wealthy amateurs who are more concerned >> with status symbols than convenience. Also, if I recall correctly, >> Leica has been on the brink of bankruptcy for ages. They're not exactly >> a good example of old tech turning a big profit. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
