On 8 Oct 2003 at 2:25, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > there are always feaures in cameras that someone > doesnt want or use. the decision to add them > depends on the cost of implementation and > the added value to the customers. K/M is a > HUGE value to K/M lens owners. The ploy is to sell > new lenses, not to save potential buyers $10. > Do you really think raising the price to $1510 > is going to make a sales dent? Not only that > if it had K/M functions owners might be tempted to buy > a fine used lens. Pentax cant have any of that > can they? Face it , they are screwing their > previous customers AND their new ones by not > allowing them to use lenses that could work > fine on the camera. They have timed it with > digital capture but that has nothing to do > with it....
It's obvious, the R&D costs to implement multiple exposures blew out :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
