On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:40 AM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > What a waste of time to produce something which won't even work very well. > One wonders why Samsung didn't make the NX compatible with the K-mount in > the first place. > > > John in Brisbane >
Because that would result in a camera with essentially no advantages over a DSLR. The short register that is possibly from removing the mirror is the major advantage of NX mount (and Micro 4/3rds mount) as it allows a much smaller overall package and simpler and smaller wide-angle lenses due to the reduced need for retrofocus lens designs. Limited compatibility for mechanically-coupled SLR mounts is the price you pay, a fully-electronic mount can be fully compatible (as 4/3rds and Micro-4/3rds prove). Overall I consider the NX10 to be a mediocre implementation of the concept due to a poor integrated EVF, a pseudo-DSLR design without the advantages (high-end integrated finder, flip-twist LCD) that other similar designs have and what appears to be a mediocre processing chain (IQ from the NX10 appears to be inferior to the K-7 and K20D which share the same basic sensor).. The fact that you also cannot adapt M mount lenses, unlike Micro-4/3rds mount is just icing. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
