Your arguments are not well thought out.
Lotus 123 stated on the box, "system requirements" DOS 3.1, it did not state "Intel compatible."
Same for 8-track this argument is like "my FD lenses don't work on EOS" the lenses stated "compatible with Canon FD."
Sigma said these lenses were "EOS compatible," if they needed and upgrade to maintain that compatibility, they should have made enough upgrade parts for every serial number that they sold. Frankly, they should have issued a recall ad advertising the fact.
Even if they offered an "upgrade" for a reasonable price, that would be good customer relations. Or, they should put a footnote in their catalog stating "compatible with the EOS cameras manufactured today, but may not be compatible with future EOS cameras."
A class-action lawsuit by Sigma lens customers would change their tune!
Mr. Bill
Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote:
The only lenses that have not needed to be altered were Tamron. Sigma, Tokina, and some other small players need to be re-chipped to make them 100% compatible. Like anything else, I would imagine Canon charges for the code needed to make 3rd party lenses 100% compatible. So let me ask this, how many of you are running MS-DOS programs on Windows XP? Typically you upgrade as you go along so if a 15+ year old lens is not compatible its much the same as wondering why you may run into issues using the MS-DOS version of Lotus 1-2-3 on Windows XP. Better yet, how many of you are upset because your 8-tracks will not work in your new car's CD player? Did you expect the car manufacturers to have an adapter? Give it a rest, complaining will not change things. At least Sigmna is doing what they can and rechipping the more modern (less than 10 years old) lenses, as it Tokina. And if it were your business would you really want to make a lens you sold 15 years ago compatible since you would lose money in doing it and lose a potential sale of a newer lens. After all, it is a business.
Peter K
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