So you are agreeing THAT EVERY K/M LENS BOUGHT BY ANYONE NOW is bought by some insane person or stupid person? That would make you a K/M buyer wouldn't it? Come on dude, do you really honestly believe that all these buyers are stupid insane people who don't use them and like to burn money or what. You really have got to be kidding with that horse crap....
Secondly you ONCE AGAIN have not responded to my second point, WHY DOES THE K/M GREEN BUTTON PATCH EXIST? Are you now saying that Pentax created a patch for NO ONE??? Thirdly, you say you want newer lenses to take advantages of the CAMERAS capabilities. What about wanting CAMERAS that take advantage of the LENSES capabilties???? These components work together as a system. Would you want a DSLR that cant AF your AF lenses???? Well this is the same damn thing, these K/M lenses can do AE but the stupid body design cant support them because of some missing cheap parts. That's BAD. I don't need to provide any further proof. BAD IS BAD. Just try to do AE with the camera with K/M lenses, it doesn't do it...Thats not damned little evidence...Thats a fact.... jco -----Original Message----- From: Tom Reese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) > This is just too much. if these lenses > are selling anywhere for anything more > that ZERO than they are not obsolete. I think I'd have better luck persuading a fire plug to move to the other side of the street. Your statement above is ridiculous. People buy all kinds of obsolete stuff because they like it. They buy old wringer washing machines. Does that mean those washing machines aren't obsolete? > There is NO SENSE in pentax abandoning > THEIR OWN GOOD PRODUCTS without a good reason > to do so. Maybe they had good reason. It is your opinion that they didn't. You're basing that opinion on damned little evidence. You don't know anything about their design process, what conversations went on in the engineering spaces or what they're thinking about implementing in the future. It is my opinion that your opinion is invalid due to lack of evidence. It is also my opinion that the K and M lenses were great in their day but are now obsolete. They've been superseded by newer designs with greater capabilities. It is also my opinion that it's best to use the right tool for the job. I use a modern camera and I use modern lenses to take full advantage of the cameras capabilities and to get the best possible pictures. It is my opinion that it's foolish to do otherwise. Tom Reese
