On 31 May 2005 at 14:08, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > The camera would have to make no assumptions at all. > A simple calibration stepper movement could inform the firmware > what the minimum, maximum, and in-between values are. > Dynamic calibration. Again, it can all be done through > software control of the stepper. This could easily end up > being more accurate than the detents allow. > > I'm drafting a letter to Pentax' marketing/engineering department > and proposing not only this but also some open software > characteristics as well as the formation of a developers > group, allowing custom software integration into the cameras. > The industry is ready to mature to this point. The important > question here is, is Pentax ready?
Collin, I think you'll find it will be a pointless exercise. Apart from the impracticably (I assume that you would have to teach the camera the currently mounted lens as there is no way of electronically identifying a old lens) if they really wanted to allow operation with older lenses they would have furnished the bodies with an aperture feedback sensor. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
