See my last post. NOBODY chooses, uses, or buys lenses based on purely age. It might sound like nit picking but its not if some of the older lenses have features you want and can no longer get. It that case you arent buying it because its OLD, you buying it because of WHAT IT IS, not how old it is. There is a major distiction there. I point it out because I am beginning to sense that there are a lot of people who are incorrecting assuming that the K/M series are just OLDER less featured lenses that can all be replaced with newer lenses with all the exact same features as the KM lenses but are unquestionably better because of the new features added. that is not the case. there were many great KM lenses that have not been offered in later series mounts with similar specs and feautures. Most notable is the smooth manual focusing feature but there's a lot more to it than that... JCO -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)
Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sure, but most don't want old lenses. They want AF lenses with added >functions >like metering options and perhaps IS. Isn't it interesting that some of the most vocal members of this list want either A) To be able to use the oldest K-mount lenses on DSLR's or B) To be able to use new lenses with hypersonic/electronic focusing and/or image stabilization Considering which avenue is likely to generate more revenue for Pentax may give a hint at to which is more likely to be pursued, though I'll leave that as an exercise to the reader. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
