> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=31252544
>
> Can anyone interpret the language in the patent application? For
> example, what are:
>
> "annular packing made of a resilient material"
>
> "packing-compatible camera body" and "packing-incompatible camera
> body"
>
> My five-year-old version of Netscape won't open the images.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
It is basically a design to allow weather resistant lenses and non-
weather resistant lenses to be used on the same camera body,
regardless of the design of the (K-mount) body.
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It also refers to two types of cameras, one compatible with
weather-sealed lenses and one incompatible. Then there are two lens
adapters, apparently with different throat diameters?
There is speculation that this is an EVF camera without a mirror, and so
with a different lens-to-sensor distance. Combined with recent
statements that Pentax considers the DA lens lineup complete, does this
patent refer to a method of using K-mount lenses on such a camera via an
adapter?
Pentax has said that there will soon be a camera following "a different
concept."
Joe
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