----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: *istD teleconvertor idea
> I think the opposite might happen. If the K/M lenses begin > to sell real cheap on the used market due to Pentax's > stupid failure to support, SOMEONE ELSE will make a K > mount DSLR, like sigma, ricoh or somebody.... > Those lenses are too plentiful and high quality to > go wasted.... I don't know if camera makers actually profit enough from camera bodies to support a lens line. When I was selling, the idea was to sell them a body as inexpenively as possible, then sell them some lenses that actually made money for everyone up the food chain. I kinda hate to break it to you, but the K mount is probably not going to make the transition to digital any further than what we now have. In an ideal world, I would be market testing Pentax DSLRs, with an upscale one with full K mount compatability just around the corner. I don't think this will be the case. I believe if they were going to take the K mount forward, they would have included it in the ist D. The idea of getting as many people to buy the camera When I came to this conclusion, it became a lot easier to accept the camera. Since I don't think there will ever be a full K mount compatable digital, the decision then was to either start building another system from another manufacturer, begrudgingly selling Pentax along the way if needed, or buying the ist and incorporating it into what I have that it works with, and perhaps buying another lens or two. Admitedly, I have enough A type lenses to keep me happy, and the K lenses do work just fine for picture taking, as long as one is not in a terrible hurry. I bought Pentax for the lenses. I would be happier if the ist was full K compatable, but I am not willing to give up Pentax lenses because it isn't. William Robb
