And, once again, I sort of misspoke. I understand your comment about the inexact nature of the mechanical aperture control. My real point on this is that it makes little sense to disown certain pieces of old technology now when eventually you must disown the whole lot for the same ultimate reason. They might as well make the complete mechanical coupling still possible in at least part of their line if they're going to keep any single part of the mechanical coupling at all. Is what I meant. This has probably all been said before.
Michael --- Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Michael! > > Welcome on board. > > > [...] > > Am I on the right track here? Please > >tell me if I've gone astray anywhere here. > > I haven't followed the discussion on this issue very > closely, but FWIW, I think your argument seem > reasonable. > 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? > > (G,d,R) > > >I have a hard time believing that Pentax would > >completely dump the stop-down coupler across the > >board. Since (nearly) every K-whatever lens must > be > >stopped down using the built-in mechanical lever, > >every Pentax body must still physically interact > with > >the lens. I can't think of any good reason for > Pentax > >to go one step at a time down the road towards a > fully > >electronic mount. > > 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. > > > [...] > >After playing with > >the S30 for a few weeks I dusted off my K1000 and, > as > >they say, 'fell in love all over again'. I'm sure > by > >the standards set by the PUG I've got a vast amount > to > >learn, but I enjoy taking pictures like nothing > else. > > Look forward to your PUG contributions, mate. > The pleasure of it is what really counts, isn't it! > :-) > > Cheers, > Jostein. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
