I assume the K mount is so that folks who own Pentax DSLRs will consider the new camera as a compliment for their current system. The lenses will fit and Pentax already makes some good small pancakes. i have the E-P2, and many of the m43 kesnes are bigger than some of their Pentax equivalents. On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 June 2011 02:38, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> I remember a number of posts pleading for a digital version of the Petnax >> 110 camera -- a camera with an image area too small to be of much practical >> use. A camera that used interchangeable lenses with leaf shutters. Hmmm, >> sounds like the Q;-). >> Paul >> > > You're hit the nail on the head there, Paul. > > People asked for a "Digital Auto110" in the vain hope that Pentax > could just slam a 4/3 sensor into the old Auto110 silhouette. They're > practically the same size format, so why not? Well, look around at > all the m43 cameras. There is no camera nearly as small as an Auto110 > because the sensor package is way bigger than the actual image area, > unlike in a film camera. I would have thought we all realised that by > now. Yet some people just don't get it. > > What Pentax have delivered is a camera that is the philosophical > equivalent of an Auto110. It has the smallest sensor that's commonly > used for general photography. I'm OK with that, although I won't be > buying it. > > My pipe dream camera has a 2/3 sensor and a C-mount, or at least a > mount with a shorter register or wider flange that allows a fully > functional adapter for C-mount. There's an ocean of cine lenses out > there, theyre as ubiquitous as M42 or K-mount. Red probably make such > a camera, but it won't be compact and it won't be affordable. > > And what is it with this "mirrorless K-mount". If it's mirrorless, > why does it need to be K-mount. The register distance will be way > shorter and need an adapter anyway, so why burden it with a legacy > mount that has been kludged into the 21st century? Better to give it > an all new state-of-the-art mount. There'll be $18 adapters from > Chinese workshops coming to Ebay soon enough, or a decent one from > Zork for $300. > > regards, Anthony > > "Of what use is lens and light > to those who lack in mind and sight" > (Anon) > > -- > 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. >
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