Because the lens mount is the same as it was 32 years ago! That's why. You cant say its OK because the K/M lenses Are old. So is the current lens mount. There is nothing Technically that cause the need for removal of full KM support on these bodies because there is no new mount Or mount feature which necessitated dropping the KM full Support. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Forbes Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:55 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey - I should start lurking more often..... On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:20:26 -0000, Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A flagship is a flagship, and if there's a K1D in the future, it should > be as > complete as the LX was in its day. Quite right. As complete, not more. I don't recall that the LX mounted screw-thread lenses without an adaptor. And I don't recall that the adapter was able to stop down the lens when you pressed the shutter. In other words, the LX provided only partial support for six year-old lenses. So why should the K1D provide full support for thirty two-year old lenses (assuming it makes its debut in 2007). John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- 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
