Comments on: (k3) Two new Pentax K models? http://k-rumors.com/k3-two-new-pentax-k-models/ Pentax and Samsung K-mount rumors Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kolding http://k-rumors.com/k3-two-new-pentax-k-models/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Kolding Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:16:45 +0000 http://k-rumors.com/?p=1403#comment-1218 What is this? http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7756405.pdf 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interchangeable lens which is selectively mountable to a packing-compatible camera body and a packing-incompatible camera body, and also relates to a camera system which includes a packing-compatible camera body, this packing-incompatible camera body and a interchangeable lens. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to provide a water-resistant camera system which is composed of at least one interchangeable lens and a camera body, the interchangeable lens is provided at the rear end thereof with an annular packing made of a resilient material. This annular packing comes into elastic contact with a body-side mount (body mount) of a camera body when the interchangeable lens is mounted to the camera body. Camera manufacturers manufacture their own-brand camera bodies so that all these camera bodies have body-side mounts of the same shape and size to make all their own-brand interchangeable lenses compatible with all their own-brand camera bodies (note that the shape and size of the body-side mount differ according to camera manufacturers). ... What is this?

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7756405.pdf

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an interchangeable lens which is selectively mountable to a packing-compatible camera body and a packing-incompatible camera body, and also relates to a camera system which includes a packing-compatible camera body, this packing-incompatible camera body and a interchangeable lens.

2. Description of the Related Art

Conventionally, in order to provide a water-resistant camera system which is composed of at least one interchangeable lens and a camera body, the interchangeable lens is provided at the rear end thereof with an annular packing made of a resilient material. This annular packing comes into elastic contact with a body-side mount (body mount) of a camera body when the interchangeable lens is mounted to the camera body.

Camera manufacturers manufacture their own-brand camera bodies so that all these camera bodies have body-side mounts of the same shape and size to make all their own-brand interchangeable lenses compatible with all their own-brand camera bodies (note that the shape and size of the body-side mount differ according to camera manufacturers).

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]]> By: AS http://k-rumors.com/k3-two-new-pentax-k-models/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 AS Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:11:10 +0000 http://k-rumors.com/?p=1403#comment-1184 There are no plans of "EVIL body's" from Pentax, only good ones! :)- There are no plans of “EVIL body’s” from Pentax, only good ones! :) -

]]> By: MK http://k-rumors.com/k3-two-new-pentax-k-models/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 MK Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:22:27 +0000 http://k-rumors.com/?p=1403#comment-1183 do you think it could be a pentax EVIL body? do you think it could be a pentax EVIL body?

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