There is one HUGE difference, when Canon introduced EOS lenses and bodies, there were already millions Of FD bodies in the field and even sold new FD bodies For a while after, including nice ones like the T90 So canon FD users had their "last call". Whereas pentax hasn't even changed their Mount and there are zero pentax digital bodies in The field that do support K/M fully at all. Pentax should Give a "last call" for K/M users with at least one DSLR Body that supports them fully. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" < Subject: RE: The JCO survey > YOU are an idiot. You cant see the forest > For the trees. Canon made a bold move into > The future with the EOS mount and its part > Of the reason they are on top of the SLR > World right now. It wasn't done only to > "Screw FD owners" like you state. Pentax > is the one screwing their customers on > the K/M thingy. Good points all. But, it does break your very important rule about supporting lenses for the long term. Your defending Canon makes you a hypocrite. Is that better or worse than an idiot? A cynic could look at it and say that Canon made a huge gamble and it paid off. I knew a number of Canon owners who felt pretty miffed when support for their tens of thousands of dollars worth of FD glass was casually dropped by the Canon. My friend Scott has a T-90. It's the only Canon body out of three that he owns that still works. He had to put it back together himself after the Canon repair department turned it into a basket case. He is now about ready to buy a DSLR. He has no reason to look at Canon in particular, since he is forced to start from scratch. In his situation, Canon didn't help themselves at all, he isn't willing to risk another lump of money on them. 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
