50 years ago we had the Asahiflex. Spotmatics 40 years ago - aperturering and all! I believe a Takumar lens from a Spotmatic F would work on a *ist D.
Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 25. september 2005 14:21 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Temporarily enabled with 2.8/70-200mm If you say "most camera lenses on earth", you must assume that that is what people will think you mean. Going back 50 years we have cameras like the Brownie and the Instamatic. Not an aperture ring in sight. Going back further, the numbers are so tiny as to be irrelevant. Over any period you want to choose, as long as it ends now (and not in 1920 for instance), "most camera lenses on earth" won't have aperture rings. I bet you'd find that the majority of K and M lenses are now in collections, and are hardly used. I personally have nine, and only the 50mm 1.2 actually gets put on a camera with any regularity. Why? Because more modern lenses offer significant advantages. So, "most 35mm SLR lenses on earth that actually get used regularly don't have aperture rings" is probably also a true statement. If you limit your claim to all K-mount lenses, then obviously most DO have aperture rings because Pentax has been so slow to drop them. That's nice for users, but not necessarily good for business. John On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 05:30:24 +0100, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not count the last 50 years! And why not just limit the math to > K-mount > and compatible lenses? > 95% or more will have an aperturering. > (Counting all point and shoots, video lenses, security cameras etc. is > ridiculous in the present context) > > Jens Bladt > Arkitekt MAA > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 25. september 2005 06:16 > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Emne: Re: Temporarily enabled with 2.8/70-200mm > > > John Forbes wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:32:25 +0100, Jens Bladt >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> 11. Accommodating Non-A lenses (what the H... is wrong with an aperture >>> ring - most camera lenses on Earth have one). >> >> >> That's obviously completely untrue. How many P&S cameras have you >> see with an aperture ring? >> >> And even if you mean detachable lenses, I doubt if that's true if you >> count all lenses sold in, say, the last five years. >> >> John >> > > Especially considering how many EF mount lenses have been sold in the > last 15 years, all without aperture rings. > > -Adam > > > > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 23/09/2005
