THIS IS A GOOD POST- one of the few arguments I find to have some good merit. Yes it would be a moot point if MOST or ALL the K/M lenses were unsuitable on this particular APS sensor but what about the fact that A and F and possibly some FA lenses werent designed for APS digital either then why would the K/M series be any more problematic on this particular sensor?
Secondly, there has been quite a lot of posts here already that people are getting fine results with K/M lenses using "green button thingy" so that seems to dispell this notion. what is really needed is some good hard data on all of the K/M lenses performances with this particular sensor. If It was determined that none of them were any good at all on this sensor but I havent heard much of that feedback in the two years since these DSLRS came out. Lastly if all the older lenses K/M/F/FA that were not designed for digital where unsuitable for the pentax DSLR- Then Why buy it? I would switch to Canon if I had that choice but that doesn't seem to be the case at least so far by what users are saying... And lastly, there have been many many arguments that DSLR buyers don't care about quality, buy 99% zzoms, etc. If that's the case then even if the K/M lenses werent ideal on APS sensor compared to film, then K/M support removal would again be unjustified without any compatability issues... JCO -----Original Message----- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) Some, it seems, are more capable on film cameras and less so with digital. That's been noted here several times. While I've just started to work with the K (and M) lenses on the DS, I was surprised to see that one of my favorites doesn't seem to stack up very well when used with the DS. More exposures are necessary to reach a definite conclusion, but the first impression was disappointing. That said, it's quite possible that, in many instances, the use of K & M lenses would not be the first choice for quality conscious D-series users, making the entire discussion of interchangability and compatibilty somewhat moot.. Shel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > > I disagree. The K/M lenses are extremely capable > high quality manual focus lenses ( If they werent then > why do you think they were so popular?)
