Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Leica AG invented the L-mount. ... > Along the way, the L-Mount Consortium comprised of Leica working with > Panasonic and Sigma was created and now all three manufacturers are producing > bodies and lenses utilizing this lens mount flange and control protocol.
> L-mount bodies from Panasonic and Sigma include the Sigma fp and the > Panasonic Lumix S1. All of the Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma bodies designed > for this lens mount are "mirrorless" designs: It's what the L mount flange > and mounting protocol were designed for. It's an excellent lens mount and > some exceptional bodies and lenses have been created for it. > > If prices come down, it might be a nice platform for a mirrorless body. I > > strongly dislike/distrust Sony as a company and the Nikon/Canon mirrorless > > systems seem to be less than inspired from what I've heard. I agree. I'm currently quite happy with my APS-C Pentax gear, but of course full-frame is a bit tempting. If i ever go full-frame, I'd consider at most three possibilities; KS-1, L-mount & maybe Nikon. Could Pentax join the L-mount party? Would that be good for them? IMHO Pentax has the best DSLRs on the market & their strategy of sticking with that while others go mirrorless may well work. SLRs mostly replaced rangefinders in the 1950s, but Leica are still selling rangefinder cameras today; it seems conceivable Pentax could sell DSLRs, at least to a niche market, for decades to come. Or not; it seems to me a somewhat risky strategy. Much as I like my K-01 & would like to see a full-frame K-02, I think K-mount is wrong for mirrorless. You win on lens compatibility & lose on compactness. Nor do I think Pentax would have a hope of success with some new mirrorless mount. L-mount, though? Certainly Pentax have some fine glass & at least once they have offered some in another mount, 43 limited in Leica M-mount. Would a line of Pentax L-mount lenses sell? I would bet at least a few classics like the 31 limited would. Bodies? There's going to be lots of competition, but in-body image stabilisation is quite a feature. -- 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.
