If you want a basic film camera, why don't you just use a basic film camera.
Pentax is NEVER going to release a camera that has fewer features than previous models. It doesn't make any kind of economic sense to spend time and money to develop and release this kind of camera. The simple fact is that you do not need to use the features that you don't want to use. Modern cameras are computers with microswitches. The mirror and shutter assemblies are just about the only thing remaining that are mechanical. Using a threaded shutter release because old timers have a dozen each? What sense does it make to use an old mechanical shutter release that you need to interface with a circuit anyway? Remote shutter release is an electrical signal now (a short to be specific), it is arguably better since it requires no moving parts and is as simple as touching two wires to trigger. This isn't meant as an attack at you. But the nostalgia for bare bones features is overwhelming. On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Well said Cotty, you just sold a great idea for FREE to Ricoh - > Pentax, a simple student's stripped down manual focus camera with no > bells and whistles. The basics can never change from our old box > cameras to today's flashy DSLRs - a light tight box, time - aperture - > ISO - focus. > But Pentax has crippled the lens mount - no aperture. What a shame. > Even the useful screw on cable release has gone. > Bipin. > camp: San Mateo, CA and not from the far away enchanting land > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
