Actually, with Canon you're fine, as long as you bought into EOS.
Anything EOS works on anything EOS (Except the damned flashes, but that
goes for everybody, and at least Canon's flash system works with flashes
dating back to 1998, with Nikon you had to replace all your flashes with
the latest models to get TTL metering on all but the most high-end
bodies). Nikon's worse, in a way, since some bodies work fully with AI
glass, some don't and a couple can even be factory modded to work with
pre-AI glass.
I jumped from Nikon to Pentax for the better compatibility, then decided
to split the difference. Now my Manual Focus gear is (And will remain)
Pentax, but I decided to go Canon for Digital and AF film.
-Adam
Tom C wrote:
Hah... Ken who? :-)
Seriously, I don't think it's the users on this list that will
create/not create the demand in the big picture. If we had that kind
of power and it was a fact, Pentax would likely have adopted a
different approach.
The thing Pentax did do is to trap me. I'd be not too happy if I'd
bought Canon 15 years ago (again not sure with regards to Nikon). To
use Canon's newest bodies I'd need a fairly recent lens, and my older
lenses would be pretty much obsolete, and I be repurchasing lenses.
With Pentax all my lenses work on everything I own, and I'm stuck
without the body I want.
Tom C.
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Samsung DSLR announced
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:23:18 +0800
So you haven't been reading Ken Rockwell's updates in the D200, then,
Tom? :)
I think someone mentioned a few months ago that Pentax' strategy was
to get a
good base of users up first. I think that's reasonable. And if only a
small
percentage of those newbie users develop an interest, they will
inevitably start
looking at more expensive equipment. By then, they are locked into
the K-mount
system. It must be good for the rest of usn to create this demand.
I prefer the blue Schneider band to the green DA, too.
D
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Based on the premise (true or not) then, that most digital camera
purchasers
>
> are not *seriously* into photography as a hobby or profession, and are
> merely consumers with expendable income, does that bode well for our
> favorite company producing serious equipment? By "serious" I mean,
gear
> that competes on a par with it's competitors at the same time as it's
> competitors. I know there's the 645 digital, but that will never be a
> mainstream product.
>
> Pentax is what, around 4-6 months behind the gun right now in
coming out
> with a body that competes on a par with the low-end Canon (I honestly
> haven't paid enough attention to know what Nikon's doing)? You can bet
> though, that most consumers with $1K to spend on a DSLR, will opt
for an 8MP
>
> model over a 6MP model.
>
> Anyway, I'm not trying to be anti-Pentax. I don't know what the
future
> holds. I'm just saying there's more than one way to view the
developments.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
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