I think you're wrong on this, it is a new issue. The Cameras that
didn't have full support were bottom of the line. They were destined to
be sold to people who were never going to use anything other than the
kit lens, basically a glorified P&S camera. With the *ist and *ist-D
Pentax abandoned what was left of their old Advanced Amateur/Semi
Professional K mount user base, they made up for it a bit with the Green
Button Kludge.. This is a surprising turnaround when you realize that
the only other major camera manufacture who had any interest in real
backward compatibility is Nikon, who had a real Professional Base, but
were spotty in their attempts at that. I see it as a symptom of
Pentax changing from primarily an engineering company to a marketing
company. This transformation has worked well for some, HP and Sony for
instance, Kodak is currently trying to do something of the same thing.
Many of us think Kodak will fail. I hope Pentax doesn't, I can't afford
to replace my current kit with the equivalent from Canon.
Adam Maas wrote:
No, he doesn't seem to care about one minor issue about Pentax Product
Support. And neither does much of the list. And it's an 8 year old
issue, not a new issue.
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
You don't care about PENTAX PRODUCT SUPPORT
in general? I don't believe that and that
is the key to my criticism of them on this
because if you fully understand what they
did you would understand what it means for the
future of all pentax products then and now
and everything they will ever make in the future
because this is a key departure for them.
Its not just about a green button...
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,
September 19, 2005 7:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: green button wars (again)
George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JCO -
I agree with you in concept. But, in the end, no matter how many
folks write to Pentax about their old lenses it's just not going to
make any difference.
And the fact is, even on the PDML, the center of Pentax enthusiasm,
there
are only 4-5 people who care much about it. I the wider world this
averages
out to 0% for all practical purposes.
--
When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
