Not the K-mount itself (And that's what Samsung did) but a completely usuable adapter with AF, metering etc. would mean KAF2/KAF3 mount and as such, involve money.
K mount has indeed always been free and AFAIK, KA is now free as well (patents unapplicable anymore?). On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:04 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thibouille" > Subject: Re: [About NX->K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny > photographic comment :p > > > IMO there's another reason: Samsung can't be bothered to give Pentax a > cent as for licensing the K-mount. > > > The K-Mount was released by Pentax as an "open source", and many > manufacturers have used it over the years. > There are no licensing costs involved with making a K-mount camera (at least > not from the POV of using the K-mount itself. > > William Robb > > -- > 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. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs ---------------------- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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.
