On 21 May 2012 11:15, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > > Whatever. Pentax, Nikon, Panasonic, and Sony (at least) have all > described their products as "interchangeable lens cameras". Wikipedia > says "ILC may refer to: Interchangeable Lens Camera, a class of camera > that comprise Single-lens reflex camera, Digital single-lens reflex > camera, Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera and some Rangefinder > camera." > > If you want to conclude, from your own certainty in what the > abbreviation *should* stand for, that the new lens won't work on > DSLRs, be my guest, but that seems like a hell of a leap.
Matthew, I didn't "conclude" anything, I simply pondered when I wrote "so I wonder if this means it won't work on their DSLR's..." Please find an instance where Pentax has referred to any of its DSLRs as ILCs. DPReview uses ILC to refer to mirrorless cameras that have interchangeable lenses (with maybe the exception of Leicas): http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Guides/lens_buying_guide_01.htm Scroll down to "Lens Mounts". Popular Photography does the same; for example: http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2011/08/new-gear-sony-nex-7-stuffs-dslr-guts-interchangeable-lens-compact-body Wikipedia says: "The Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) is a popular class of digital system cameras. Unlike a compact digital camera, a MILC is equipped with an interchangeable lens mount and unlike a digital single-lens reflex camera, a MILC does not have a mirror-based optical viewfinder." (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorless_interchangeable-lens_camera) So although the "C" might stand for something different, "ILC" still refers to a mirrorless camera (at least that's what most people understand). Interestingly, AcronymGeek says ILC stands for "Interchangeable Lens Compact.": http://www.acronymgeek.com/ILC/Interchangeable_Lens_Compact >From all this I would say that it's not just me who thinks that ILC is a compact camera, and that DSLRs are not ILCs; so Matthew, given the above, does it not seem reasonable to think that this lens might NOT work on Pentax DSLRs? So now, instead of attacking the man, can we address the issue of what type of camera this new lens will work on? Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
