On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 07:23:05PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 9/19/2005 12:05:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I (sort of) agree with Cotty on this one. I think Pentax would have > gladly abandoned the old lenses but realized that they didn't have the > market clout of Canon that would allow them to do that. They took a > shot but had the fix ready. > > Steven Desjardins > ========= > Yes, I agree. That sounds very believable.
Only if you're into conspiracy theories. I prefer the explanation that what passes for outbound marketing at Pentax totally underestimated the amount of grief they would get from something as simple as only supporting lenses less that 20 years old, especially since they probably knew lenses without aperture rings were soon to arrive in the product line-up - a far more significant change from a technical standpoint. Once the ordure came into contact with the rotational air circulating device they screamed for help from the engineers, who were able to come up with a reasonable workaround.
