----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" Subject: Re: The JCO survey
> I have to say I basically agree with JCO on this one with respect to > the > minimal cost of inclusion and with Pentax's reasoning for not > including it. > Pentax probably lost more money designing and implementing the stupid > power > zoom feature on their '90-era cameras and lenses. Pentax would simply > have > customers buy new lenses thancontinue using their old (or the large > supply > of used) ones. I think the decision was made purely in Pentax's > monetary > self-interest and to stimulate sales of new lenses. They are a business Tom. Businesses tend to operate on the theory that monetary self interest is an important factor in the business plan. > > That being said, I think it's obvious the vast majority of new camera > buyers > *will* be in the market for newer lenses that don't require the > feature. The new format is what did it for me. That and being able to take advantage of auto focus, which my old K lenses didn't do very well. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
