Originally posted by boriscleto They would mount, but they were stop down metering only. Kind of like using M42 on K-mount...
Right, they didn't lose any functionality.
Originally posted by monochrome And we complain about the absent aperture lever feeler in the crippled KAF
2 Mount.
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And because of that, I've been confused more than once how to enable Av mode on Pentax's Film cameras...I expect another mode on the dial, or something, when all you have to do is change the aperture on the lens. Which...actually makes sense.
My only real gripe about the crippled mount is that K and M series lenses are annoying to meter -- since you have to use the green button to properly meter the lens.
Originally posted by luftfluss Sorry that I wasn't clear - the issue is not going from FD to nFD, but going from nFD - the "new" mount - to EF in just a decade.
Of course there are pros and cons to each of the courses Canon and Pentax took... but I prefer Pentax's path.
Something pretty amazing about Pentax is that you can use virtually any lens designed for 35mm or larger, since the Asahiflex, (with the appropriate adapters for the non K variants) on a modern DSLR. --
- M37
- M42
- 6x7
- 645
- K
- K-A
- K-AF