----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Well anybody know in what waysm42screwmountingsystemissuperior to K mounting system?
> Finally. This is advantage number one (reference number, > not most important) of screwmounting system vs K mounting > system. With the screwmounting system you dont need to > align anything in a specific rotational position which means > in low light or the dark its faster. And even though some > K mount lenses have "bumps" to help you align them in low > light or the dark, its still slower and more cumbersome > because you have to find the body bump too, and based on > latest posts here, they have eliminated this feature in > order to remove restriction of where to put the release button, > so you can no longer easily mount K mount lenses in low light > or dark like you can screwmount lenses to this day. I never had a problem finding the lens release button or the dit on the body when changing lenses with the original mount configuration. My own experience is that the old K-mount is a faster lens change than the thread mount in any condition, but it was something that I trained myself into because I felt it was a feature that was very useful. It annoys me that Pentax chose to move the lens release and eliminate the lens dit. Now, I have to look at what I am doing when changing lenses. Someone at Pentax forgot about why they did things the way they did, or else was in so much of a hurry to change things that they forgot about ergonomics. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
