EOS went with all electronic controls. FD might have been able to mount but With no aperture control sorta like The way M42 lenses mount on PK bodies. I doubt that would have appeased Canon FD users one bit. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:37 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey > Give up with this stupidity. Canon FD/EOS > Change is not the same as PENTAX film SLR /DSLR > Change because pentax did not change the mount > In any way (except to ignore K/M aperture settings > At a cost savings of about $5 in parts). > Why cant you get that through your little head? > Canon likely could have engineered the EOS mount in such a way that an FD lens could have been mounted via a non optical adaptor for no extra cost at all. Why can't you get that through your rather thick head? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
