Send a note to Cosina Voigtlander, Jim! <g> Never know! Look what they're doing with rangefinders!
http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtBR2.htm keith whaley Jim Apilado wrote: > > If I interpret what you wrote, the Pentax engineers in designing the *ist > and the D had a design accident that made older K and M lenses partially > incompatible? Mmmmmmm. I wonder if some independent digital camera maker > might capitalize on the Pentax error and create a body that would be fully > compatible with all K and M lenses and thereafter? I would be very > interested in such a product. > > Jim A. > > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:06:42 -0600 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Alling" > > Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D > > > >> That's not my point. If I'm going to have lenses that don't work properly > >> with my film SLR and lenses that won't work properly with my digital SLR > >> why would I even want them to have _almost_ compatible mounts. > > The almost compatability is, I am sure, accidental. > > I wonder how much complaining there would be if they had just released an > > entirely new lens mount, perhaps a downsized K mount with a short flange to > > film plane, which really would take advantage of the APS sized sensor? > > They could have put an adaptor on the market that would allow A series and > > later compatability, and everyone would have been so bamboozed by the > > brilliance of it that they wouldn't have noticed the loss of basic K mount > > compatability. > > Last week, I was fuming about the loss of backwards compatability. > > This week, I couldn't give a rats behind. > > The camera is lovely, I have lenses that work on it, and all is right in my > > world. > > > > I'm serious Peter, pick one of these babies up and then tell me if backwards > > compatability matters to you. > > > > I bet I sound like one of those people that just discovered Jesus at a > > Promise Seekers convention. > > > > I met a girl once. > > She was pretty, but not the prettiest. > > I can cook better than she can, but she puts a good meal on the table. > > Sure, it would be nice if her tits were bigger, but I like her fine, and I > > married her. > > > > It would be nice if the ist D had K mount compatability, but it doesn't > > matter so much. > > Theres lots of pictures out there that this camera will take, with the > > lenses I have. > > And it feels so damned good, it's hard to put down. > > > > William Robb > > > >
