Originally posted by mee The only trouble I see with this is, if those wanting this feature get it, they will expect it in subsequent camera bodies. Give inch, expect inch forever.
I can just as easily see Pentax saying "No, you got your retro full-frame DSLR with uncrippled mount that does all the things any of our film cameras could ever do, nothing more, nothing less. Now go away and enjoy your prize, and let the rest of the Pentaxians move forward."
They know owners of the retro body would keep that for their K and M lenses and buy a full-featured APS-C or FF body for bells-and-whistles work. The whining and complaining would then come from that tiny band of hold-outs who want an M42 DSLR with a flapper plate for the stop-down lenses and the aperture link for the SMC Takumars. (And considering just how many M42 lenses are still out there, they might be right in asking for it!).