Originally posted by ChopperCharles I don't understand why you people want to de-cripple the mount so badly.
Because then we can have metering and be able to control all three exposure variables at the flick of a wrist or finger. It would ease up shooting in M mode to not have to use the ISO button first to change ISO. It would also be great to use the aperture while retaining metering and not worry about the f value getting bumped like can happen when it's controlled from the e-dial.
Originally posted by ChopperCharles Who cares, it's old M glass, which can't autofocus. A lens without autofocus isn't worth my time.
No, it's not just old manual focus glass. This would very much apply to FA lenses too. Strapping the FA Limiteds on a decrippled body would be awesome!
Originally posted by boriscleto I own 10 Pentax FFs with non-crippled mounts, but I still see no need for a DSLR with a non-crippled mount.
Well, if you can imagine having your ISO and shutter on the e-dials, and then control your f value from the aperture ring, surely you can see how that would make shooting in manual less fidgety even with FA lenses. Or how about shooting in Av mode, having ISO on one e-dial and then EV comp on the other one.
Decrippling the k-mount would be a big improvement to the already stellar ergonomics of Pentax DSLRs.