Chris wrote: > Sure there is. Just look at the direction Nikon is taking, and look at > how Nikon users felt when the first G lenses came out. They started out > by releasing a very few low-end lenses with limited compatibility: their > 28-80, 28-100 and 70-300. No big deal, right? Just a few bottom-of-the > line lenses to bring the price of their low-end kits down, right? Wrong. > Now more and more of their high-end lenses are appearing without aperture > rings; first the 24-85mm AF-S, and now the AF-S VR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF. > Claiming that it is "absurd" to worry about Pentax doing the same thing is > sticking your head in the sand. Nothing's guaranteed, but it's very > possible.
..and since when did it become reasonable to assume Pentax do what Nikon does? I guess then we will see Pentax USM and IS and Pentax answer to the D1 etc + a Pentax F5 (or even F6) competitor real soon. Take shelter! The sky is falling! P�l
