Yes and most people don't like using screw lenses on K film bodies For that very reason, you end up with PURE manual aperture mode Which sucks. That's why nearly everyone uses film M42 bodies With M42 lenses to shoot film, not K bodies to shoot film because The lack of auto aperture really sucks on K bodies with M42 lenses. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:23 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey >I already posted one key improvement that > Made fd incompatible, eos has an all electronic > Lensmount, no mechanical linkage to control the fd lens apertures. > Didn't you hear me on that before? > JCO Why would the lens need controlling form the body? M-42 lenses mounted to a K lens don't have any aperture control either. The problem isn't with what I am hearing, it's with what you are saying. 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
