IMO there's another reason: Samsung can't be bothered to give Pentax a
cent as for licensing the K-mount.
Secondly I do not see Pentax happy with the idea of Samsung running
away with Pentax customers so Pentax probably asked nicely Samsung not
to do it (if Samsung really even dared thinking about such adapters).
Third, Samsung do not want you to keep your lenses but to buy new ones.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:00 AM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let's see, your building a lens adapter, you have electronic lenses. For
> $100.00 I'd think you could include a micro motor and a chip to tell it how
> far to move, /if/ it could read the lens and communicate with the camera. I
> guess they couldn't be bothered, electronics are so expensive these days.
>
> On 2/24/2010 11:07 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
>>
>> Electrically compatible is simple. But K mount isn't functionally
>> electrically coupled. It's a mechanical mount with a few electrical
>> fatures added on to make meter coupling easier. You need a mechanical
>> system to get any aperture actuation.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:33 PM, P. J. Alling
>> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So Samsung couldn't be bothered to make their new lens mount electrically
>>> compatible with their legacy lenses...
>>>
>>> I must admit the fact that a photography magazine could be so clueless
>>> about
>>> photography is a sad commentary.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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