Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote: >Leaving the aperture simulator off probably leads to some lens sales, >as it makes using the K and M versions somewhat cumbersome, thereby >encouraging upgrades. On the other hand, I dont think a lot of >users care. In my opinion, the camera works fine without it.
Only a tiny minority of Pentax shooters care about the mechanical aperture-position sensor (and I suspect they're all old curmudgeons on the PDML!) which, after all, is only needed for lenses made between 1975 and 1982 a small fraction of the K-mount's 40+ year history. According to Don Nelson it added too much to the cost of camera manufacture, both in parts and assembly (and now it would also necessitate re-writing lots of computer code because none of Pentax's DSLRs have provision for reading/using data from the potentiometer). -- 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.
