Originally posted by aleonx3 ... Pentax has implemented that feature on the k-7; yet earlier in Digitalrevu (youtube), the funny guy claimed that the Canon 60D has a very creative idea (first time) of putting a locking mechanism on the mode dial. It shows how credible those people are...obviously they did not review the k-7 which was released a year earlier.
They're also probably too young/ignorant to remember the film age! The locking mode dial is by no means a new feature; in fact, I was wondering why it took so long for it to appear on Pentax DSLRs. My first SLR, a Canon Elan IIE that I bought back in 1996, had one and I'm sure that idea dates back even several years prior.