I have no doubt you are correct. I'm only saying that Pentax didn't totally change their mount and that they are more compatible with their older lenses than Canon. According to my Pentax rep, FWIW, there was a technical reason for dropping the aperture coupler.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:40 PM Subject: Re: Pentax's dSLR future? > On 30/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >At least the Pentax K and M lenses are usable, granted with restrictions, on > >the *ist D. This is more than can be said about 20-30 year old Canon lenses > >on their DSLR's > > With the greatest of respect Uncle Bill, a while back when Canon dumped > on their obviously very loyal customer base, some saw it as a brave move. > Canon took the bull by the horns and said right chaps, there's no way > around this, we simply need to move on and get on with a new design - it > paves the way for the future. It's simply no good to try and bodge with > what we have already, it simply isn't going to work. > > At that time, it could have been the most disastrous thing that Canon > could do - many thought that it was a big mistake and consumers would > drift away to Nikon and Pentax and Minolta. Some did. > > Years on, the pain of those days has now paid dividends and Canon is > where it is today.
