Why would anyone shoot FD lenses on EOS film bodies If they are going to lose autoaperture? That's what Would have happened back in '87 even if Canon Somehow allowed FD lenses to fit their EOS film Bodies.
Secondly, I only gave one example of why FD Compatability was abandoned, there have been Others. For example, what is the default mode of FD Lenses when not mounted on a body? It is Wide open regardlesso of aperture ring setting Like M42 lenses or is it stopped down like PK Lenses? If it's wide open like M42 lenses there Would be no way to stop down on a EOS body because FD lenses don't have AUTO/MANUAL aperture mode Switches like pentax M42 lenses do. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey > 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. Irrelevant to the discussion. The point is, people can use M42 bodies on any K mount camera, inclding DSLR. Whether it is convenient or not in't particularly germaine. Your rational with Canon, if carried over to Pentax would be that M42 lenses would not be usable at all on K mount bodies. 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
