----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson" Subject: Re: Bad Pentax Engineering (was Re: ARRRRGH! K10 D and 540 flashinseparable.)
> Well, > > There you go. Every company has customized their flash interfaces so > that, > in practice, there is no such thing as a "universal" flash mount, anyway. > Why not move to something better? Is anyone here so invested in their > "classic" flashes that they'll be crushed if they can't use a flash > designed > in 1984 on a 2008 digital camera? The time to make the break would have been when they moved to a digital only interface, as that would have annoyed the fewest people. The hot shoe has long been a weak point in camera design, and has only gotten worse as flash units have gotten biger and heavier. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
