----- Original Message -----
From: "J. C. O'Connell"
Subject: RE: Camera engineering (This is signifigant)
OPEN MOUTH- INSERT FOOT.
read my posts that correctly
speculated why I thought there
were more K/M lenses than all
other series combined and then
read PALs' later posts which
confirmed it. Its most likely
that most or at least half
of all pentax k mount lenses in existance
are not supported for open aperture
metering and AE on these DSLRS based on the
numbers PAL posted...
I read Pål's numbers after that reply.
The manufacturing numbers do not take into account equipment that is no
longer in service for a variety of reasons, such as equipment
loss/destruction, things that happen OVER TIME.
Anyway, the manufacturing numbers are, at best, a straw man, and at worst
just not valid at all in this curcumstance.
The most important factor is lens usability for THE MAJORITY of users.
For most users, this means programmed exposure automation and autofocus,
neither of which are supported, or supportable, by K/M lenses.
William Robb
