K and M lenses still sell for good money. A K 85/1.8 went for $500 a couple of months ago. They're always over $500. That's because most people don't have a problem with the kludge. Paul On Oct 10, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Christian wrote:
> It IS moving to the future. A future without aperture simulators. I > don't know, nor do I care, about the whys and wherefores, but it IS > the > future for Pentax and you can accept it or move on. > > Dude, I made my feelings clear when I didn't see an upgrade to the > *ist > D in the works almost 2 years ago and switched brands. Why don't you > make your feelings clear and dump Pentax and switch to Canon as you > keep > threatening. Oh, I know why you're bitter now. Your K/M lenses > aren't > worth shit because of the green-button-no-aperture-simulator thing. > You're just pissed because you won't make money off your old > lenses.... > > (for the record, the K10D is the camera I was waiting for; too late; > too bad) > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> YOUR CRAZY. Deciding to abandon perfectly good working >> Products in the field for no valid reason ( cost or >> Technical issues ) is not "Moving to the future". >> Unless you consider the "future" a bad place where >> Everything gets worse instead of better. Supporting >> K/M isnt holding them back from anything in the DSLRs. >> Its NOT abandonment in the name of progress, its just >> Abandonment period which is a BIG difference. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of >> Christian >> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:02 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: The JCO survey >> >> And WHERE in ANY of my posts did I say it was left out for "cost or >> technical" reasons? I only said that Pentax is moving to the future. >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
