And the ultimate question! Why did my spell checker not notice
"lisence" instead of "license"? Ah ha, caught it this time.
????
Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
>
> But??? If my memory servers me correctly Pentax did lisence SMC
> and very liberally. As they did the instant return mirror, the
> auto reopen diaphragm, and the behind the lens meter. Pentax
> has a history of inventing many of the features that we find on
> modern SLRs and lisencing for a buck or so.
>
> SMC is of course a trademark and used only on Pentax lenses.
> However the technology is used widely.
>
> But then I could be wrong. Folks on this list tell me I am
> wrong about the 35/1.4A. Only if so, what was that I held in my
> hand once. It was used and they wanted a $1000 for it so I
> couldn't afford it. But I put it on a camera and looked through
> it, and lusted for it. Also why did a Pentax rep agree that
> they existed, but were very hard to find because they only made
> a few?
>
> My opinion? People on this list are knowledgeable but they are
> not omniscient.
> --Tom
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Because SMC is proprietary and PENTAX is unlikely to have released or
> > licensed the process.
>
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