> >This AF body can't use the lenses of
> > the previous Contax AF SLR body.
>
> To me, that's most damning. I would consider such a body from Pentax to
> be unworthy of further consideration, regardless of how many bells and
> whistles are hung upon it.
Someone else noted that is because the older Contax AF body
focused by moving the film plane of the camera. A most unusual
system they probably wanted to get away from. And it probably
didn't sell well enough to have any desire for some tele-converter
like adaptor between the two systems.
> He continues:
>
> > This is the kind of vitality and innovation that I would
> > hope to see in a body from Pentax. I hope Pentax does something
> > soon. The MZ-S seems to be way behind the power curve.
>
> And if incompatibility is the price of being in front of the "power
> curve," I hope Pentax remains well behind.
I didn't ask Pentax to switch their lens mount. I didn't ask for
bells and whistles. I showed what kind of camera body that another
company can produce at a reasonable cost. What good would it do
me and my existing pentax equipment? The reason that I want
Pentax to produce a good body is so that I don't have to switch
to something else. I don't think that viewpoint is any different
from most pentaxians.
Perhaps you want a spotmatic with a K-mount. That's fine with me.
I want something different. I don't particularily care for bells
and whistles, but I want some solid features. They are offered in
this body from another manufacturer, along with software-driven junk
that all manufacturers seem to be adding to their bodies these days.
That is a trend that I consider fairly harmless as long as the basic
photographic features of a body are easy to use; And are present
to be used, instead of being erased in the interests of low cost
or mass production.
Perhaps I should have just stated this upfront so that erroneous
interpretations of what I wrote would not happen:
"Here is a company that makes a body with features that are very
competitive with other manufacturers and at a reasonable cost.
It is a great shame that a company like Pentax doesn't produce a
K-mount body that has those or similar features at a similar price.
Instead, the prospectus on Pentax's newer offering is a step down
from the top of the line PZ-1p body. At the same time it carries
high price comparable to the features of this body. Here is
what can be done for this kind of cost. Too bad pentax can't do
something better".
Bolo -- Josef T. Burger
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