Strict definition? Is there a Pentax dictionary somewhere that defines what a K-mount lens is?
What a lot of people seem to be overlooking - or at least ignoring - in these threads is that the K-mount has evolved. It now allows for auto focus, passing information to the camera body, it makes it possible to record EXIF data, and it's going to allow the use of the new DA* lenses with hypersonic auto focus. Might it be possible that there's only so much "room" within the lens mount design that in order to have these new features, and the K/M lenses, the aperture simulator had to go? While it would be nice if I could use my K/M lenses a little more conveniently, and I do want the aperture simulator to return, I'm happy to give it up if it means that there will be newer, more advanced lenses to use on newer, more advanced cameras. I don't want to keep looking back - I want to look forward to more interesting developments in lens and camera technology. We're in a new age of photography - it's exciting and dynamic, and Pentax seems to be on the verge of a renaissance. I'd like to see it emerge fully from the past decade or so of being a photographic has-been and also-ran and move forward, and perhaps even set the pace, in this decade. It ain't 1975 any more. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Cory Papenfuss > > Death knell? Dude, it is far from dying. > > As a matter of fact, I'd say > > the k-mount is flourishing more than it > > has in 20 years. 5 or 6 *ist > > varieties (at least three distinct bodies) > > plus 3 new kXX[X]D bodies in > > the last couple of years that are selling > > well and have been well > > received is anything but a funeral procession. > > And don't forget to add > > in all the new lenses (some of actual high quality). > When I say K-mount, I mean K-mount by the strict definition... > which includes the aperture simulator cam. That was one of the primary > initial technologies that constituted the K-mount in '75. The current > mount should be called the "crippled K-mount" as many have suggested. > And yes... the "crippled K-mount" is doing well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
