What caught my attention about this adapter is that it seems to be
striving to provide full support to older lenses. AFAIK, most K to E
mount adapters do not support auto focus or even in body aperture
control. Cam auto focus and physical aperture controls seemed
insurmountable hurdles for adapters. I know folks who have upgraded to
Sony bodies while keeping their existing non-Pentax brand lenses, it
would be nice to have that option for Pentax glass.
It is yet to be seen how well the Monster adapter works and how much it
will cost, though.
Mark
On 11/14/2020 9:30 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
This adapter is the last thing Pentax needs. It’s source of revenue is bodies,
not lenses. I suspect that the decision to concentrate on DSLRs was driven by
scarcity of capital, not scarcity of desire to make a mirrorless body.
I think I’ve bought one lens in the last 10 years (the 17-70), and that was
only because my 16-45 broke. I doubt that I will buy another lens, because the
15 or so I own cover the range from 11 to 320 mm.
I probably will buy another body, though; I’d go for the K3iii if it had a
flippy screen, and might still… unless a Sony body and an adapter answers my
desires better.
Rick
On Nov 6, 2020, at 12:06 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
I stumbled into this announcement a few days ago and am wondering what folks on
the list think about it:
https://pentaxrumors.com/2020/10/29/new-monster-adapter-la-ke1-pentax-k-to-sony-e-lens-adapter-with-autofocus-aperture-control-and-exif-transmission/
or
https://tinyurl.com/y3l6gunl
Reading the footnotes there are some obvious limits to the lenses the adapter
will support at first, but it looks like an interesting option for folks with K
mount glass.
Mark
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