BS- there is no basis for this kind of response. Were you or was Pentax having any problems with these sensors? I seriously doubt it. they made them for over 30 years and if any problem had ever surfaced they would have corrected it long ago. I have had many pentax cameras with the aperture sensor and none of them have failed yet. I am not saying the part is perfect or wont wear out but it seems to me that they would have nailed that thing down decades ago its so simple...
And even if there WAS a problem with them, the solution is to fix the design not just remove it. I am getting sick of this same lame game over and over and over again....You guys just keep on trying to justify the action with totally invalid "reasons" that over look why the part is needed, and only concentrate on why it should be removed without sucess... -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 3:28 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: green button wars (again) "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >>"P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>The green button is also a point of failure, >> >>With vastly greater MTBF than any potentiometer. >> >The camera will be well and truly obsolete before this is likely to >happen. Actually, *lack* of use is as likely to cause problems with potentiometers as excessive use. This is undoubtedly another reason Pentax eliminated them in an age in which most people will be keeping their lenses on the "A" setting. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
