Re: Pentax proudly presents a new lens mount, the KAF3

[Arnold Stark]

On the contrary: Especially as the competition is fierce Pentax cannot 
afford to drop compatibilty for no particular reason at all. I can 
understand dropping the aperture ring on cheap consumer zooms. Dropping 
the 5-20$ aperture simulator on a 1500$ camera already makes very little 
sense. Dropping the aperture simulator AND not allowing stop-down 
metering with old lenses makes no sense at all and doesn't save money, 
it only puts off old and new customers.

Arnold

Pål Jensen schrieb:

That only stress the fact that the competition is fierce and that Pentax cannot build in compatibility with over 20 year old lenses. If Canon had bothered with FD compatibility on their DSLR's maybe Pentax would have bothered with K/M compatibility...