Yes but what they did was IMPROVE their entire Mount, Penatax has done no such such thing Here. That's what I am talking about. Its all Loss with no gain. Canon EOS mount had a huge gain. There is no gain with new pentax cameras and lenses With regards to the mount. None. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:03 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey > Cant you read my posts? Canon did not "simply bail on their base" > They completely abandoned their FD user base. I'm not debating that the FD mount wasn't compatable with the new available technology, BTW. What Canon did was stop manufacturing FD mount cameras almost immediately after releasing the EOS cameras. All the people who had bought FD mount cameras suddenly no longer had any way of buying a new replacement camera body if the one they had became unservicable. The FD lens owner could not mount their old lenses onto the new cameras. Period. This pretty much screwed anyone who had a good selection of FD glass, which at the time was some of the best glass coming out of Japan. To use your own phrase (more or less), it was a support issue. And yes, I can read your posts, but they don't make a whole lot of sense, as they tend to ignore things like facts. William Robb -- 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
