Storage cards are not an "investment." They are depreciable consumables. Investments are stocks, bonds, money market and savings accounts.
Frankly, I think Pentax has shown concern for their customers by moving to SD cards, which allow the cameras to be smaller, and since SD cards are the (current) wave of the future, I see Pentax as looking forward. I see advances being made with SD cards and either limited or no further advances made with CF cards. There may be more choices available with SD cards (newegg.com lists 90 SD cards v only 45 CF cards). A quick look around shows more choices for faster (80X or greater speed cards) SD cards than there are with CF cards. And it seems that there are more bargains to be had with SD cards than with CF cards. Finally, any number of people on this list claim that SD cards are less prone to damage than CF cards - I can't speak to that issue. So, based on all of the above - even if only some issues apply to any one person, I'd say that Pentax made the wise choice to go with SD cards. Would I still feel as strongly about SD cards had I bought a bunch of CF cards? Yes, I think I would. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter > I get a sense that there will be no further firmware > upgrades to these cameras even though that was not specifically stated. > > ----- > > Maybe, maybe not. The only thing certain is that Pentax has already > shown a lack of concern for customers investments in storage cards. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
