There were K lenses listed as current on the Pentax USA website when the
Film *ist was introduced and every high end body, including the MZ-S
disappeared. True most were special purpose, but you can't say they
didn't do that to current catalog items. The old days are dead long
live the New Pentax, they're a marketing company just like everybody else.
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>On Aug 7, 2006, at 6:45 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
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>>They've never screwed with their customers like that before. Well not
>>until the introduction of the *ist Film and Digital introduction that
>>is. Try to meter with a pre-A lens on the film *ist and let me know
>>how
>>that works for ya.
>>
>>
>
>Um, we're talking about BRAND NEW LENSES being suddenly useless. Yes,
>they support 30 year old lenses less than they used to. I expect that
>the lenses I buy THIS YEAR will not have that kind of support drop next
>year -- their track record is about 30 years.
>
>So no, they have not screwed over their customers like that before.
>
>-Aaron
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