Mount pointer?
Posted 13/02/2023 - 18:19 - Helpful Comment
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The original 43mm did not have the green blob - when the re-vamped HD models were introduced in 2021 they added it. The actual differences are with the newer HD coatings and rounded aperture blades.
LennyBloke
Posted 13/02/2023 - 20:12
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Thank you for your quick and clear response, LennyBloke. I had already expected that the eldest princess was the only one who didn't have a mount pointer yet. Glad you confirmed my suspicion. Mount pointer or not: After about twenty years I still love my three silver princesses. Both on APS-C and on full frame. And after comparing the SMCs with the HDs there no reason (yet) for me to exchange the SMCs for the HDs. Yes, the HDs are specially developed for the digital era, but the SMCs still stand strong to my opinion. Both on film as digital.
Posted 14/02/2023 - 21:12
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When the K-mount came on in the late seventies, all K mount lenses had a raised dot to facilitate alignment when installiing the lenses on the camera. In my opinion, they should have left it on. It differentiated the lenses from other manufacturers mounts and made it easier to mount in dark environment.
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Posted 15/02/2023 - 11:05
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pentaxian450 wrote:
When the K-mount came on in the late seventies, all K mount lenses had a raised dot to facilitate alignment when installiing the lenses on the camera. In my opinion, they should have left it on. It differentiated the lenses from other manufacturers mounts and made it easier to mount in dark environment.
Indeed. One could do it without looking, just by aligning the bump with the lens release lever.
When the K-mount came on in the late seventies, all K mount lenses had a raised dot to facilitate alignment when installiing the lenses on the camera. In my opinion, they should have left it on. It differentiated the lenses from other manufacturers mounts and made it easier to mount in dark environment.
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