there present user base without offering something that is unavailable elsewhere. There is
almost nothing in the current Pentax lens line that excites me enough to buy their new 35mm
lenses. If I have to buy new lenses to use their new cameras then I have no particular reason
to not go to Canon. I'll bet that applies to most other people on the list. I for one have
bought new gear recently. Yes there's a long gap between my purchases before but then none
of the pre MZ and Post M/L series cameras particularly excited me, but least I could use my
old glass on them. If I can't use the old glass on the new cameras and "MUST" buy new lenses
then Canon offers a greater variety of lenses and they have a clear lead in digital. I'm sure
that people who love their old K mount glass would put up with some form of stop down metering
to use their old lenses. But this, especially when it's so obvious that the lens mount was crippled
after the original specification was released within the company and it would only take a small
firmware change to make it possible to at least limp by with K/M lenses. You want to defend
Pentax that's fine but what we are seeing is what happens when second rate marketers take over
control of a company.
At 05:23 PM 6/7/03 +0200, you wrote:
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *ist/*istD are crippled because Pentax kneecapped them (was: *ist D revisited
Peter wrote:
Hell, if they wanted to they could offer instantaneous stop down metering with k/m lenses. Press the shutter half way down and with a non A lens the camera closes the lens to shooting aperture then meters. There are all kinds of variations I could think of but essentially mechanically the same, just new programming.
REPLY:
Maybe Pentax have done some market research? Maybe such fuzz isn't worth the trouble?
My guess is that on a global basis that there are less than 1000 persons who would buy, as opposed to whineing on mailing lists, a DSLR that take more than 20 year old lenses to such an extent that wouldn't buy it otherwise. It makes no sense to expect any camera manufacturer to support 20 years and more accessories for new products. If they do indeed offer such compatibility I'll expect it on expensive products, not on the *ist and *ist D, entry level for film and digital respectively.
P�l
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