I'm pretty sure, it's the Pentax K bayonet, which Pentax introduced when they swapped from their previous screw mounting system. Sigma and several other manufacturers also used the Pentax K bayonet on their camera bodies as it was a popular system
In it's simplest, earliest form it was just a 3 prong bayonet with no electrical connections. However, as time passed more and more electrical connections were added to the mount as the degree of auto coupling between camera and lens increased, and electronics in the camera increased with auto focus etc, being added.
Can't help more than that I'm afraid, but have a read of this which may be of some help.
Thanks for that, looks like it's headed back to ebay, do the current line of Sigma/pentax DSLRs still use this fitting, it's a 70-300mm sigma so hopefully I can sell it on
Thanks for that, looks like it's headed back to ebay, do the current line of Sigma/pentax DSLRs still use this fitting, it's a 70-300mm sigma so hopefully I can sell it on
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