Jostein, Thank you for the welcome!
> One thought occurred to me as I read; that if > screwmount > lenses gives right exposure because of lacking the > aperture > coupler, why not just clip it off the M- and K- > lenses to > make it work? I thought of that too. I can imagine the headlines: "New techonology from Pentax prompts mass lens castration" > One good reason is, as some of us have experienced, > that the mechanic control system is not accurate > enough. > It can give 1/2 to 1 stop variation between measured > and > executed aperture. That said, I think it's sad if > they > just drop the feature all together. I have a > suspicion, > though, that they will go down the same route as > Nikon, > keeping compatibility in the top models. What I really meant was that I find this step-by-step change of the lens mount odd and counter-productive. I can understand cost-cutting features on low-end models but at some point they're going to have to make a decision about making the interaction fully electronic and until they decide to do it there's no practical reason to make do with half-measures. They might as well keep full compatability in some portion of their line-up (the high end), so unless they put out a "flagship camera" that has this same crippled coupling I figure they know what they're doing. Probably. Michael __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
