Thats cause Ricoh put a pin where Pentax specified an AF shaft, not Pentaxes fault Ricoh didn't want to follow the KA mount correctly.
--- Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know. Really now, K-mount lenses and bodies are > _already_ less than > > 100% compatible: I've heard about old Ricoh lenses > that will > > permanently jam into place on a new AF body > > > Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's NOT an incompatibility. I'm > not saying your overall > point is wrong, but Pentax is under NO obligation to > make its new bodies > conform to older products FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS. > This is an unreasonable > standard to hold them to, and certainly not a valid > example of > incompatibility. > > --Mike > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca