You're right. I was just testing Don to make sure he'd picked up on this point :-)
John On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:33:16 -0000, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because the lens mount is the same as it was 32 years ago! > That's why. You cant say its OK because the K/M lenses > Are old. So is the current lens mount. There is nothing > Technically that cause the need for removal of full > KM support on these bodies because there is no new mount > Or mount feature which necessitated dropping the KM full > Support. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Forbes > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:55 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey - I should start lurking more often..... > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:20:26 -0000, Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> A flagship is a flagship, and if there's a K1D in the future, it > should >> be as >> complete as the LX was in its day. > > Quite right. As complete, not more. I don't recall that the LX mounted > > screw-thread lenses without an adaptor. And I don't recall that the > adapter was able to stop down the lens when you pressed the shutter. > > In other words, the LX provided only partial support for six year-old > lenses. So why should the K1D provide full support for thirty two-year > > old lenses (assuming it makes its debut in 2007). > > John > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
