On 11/11/06 5:49 PM, "J. C. O'Connell", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As far as the DSLRS go, I think the K100 is a steal > and great deal for the price but I am disappointed > in Pentax overall rescinding their long long time > stance on backwards compatablity when possible > and on the K10D , for ita price, I think the > full K/M support should be offered but isnt. > That doesnt mean I wont buy a DSLR from them > ever, but I just don't feel as comfortable with > the new Pentax as I did with the old Pentax > with regards to product support/system issues. I could see that :-). I really don't know whether it is really that simple or cheap to support the full K/M compatibility. There were so many assumptions in the recent thread, such as the aperture simulator accommodation might be $5 a piece etc. K100D/K10D being offered so competitively, they must have cut some areas. With K1D which was already mentioned by Pentax, and if it's say $1500 range, they could pick up a lot of stuff where K100/10D left out. Or, Pentax are really beginning to make people buy newer lenses, although somehow I do not think so. Hope you can enjoy new DSLR (s), hopefully those offered by Pentax. I do hope that K1D can incorporate all bells and whistles including the support of K/M lenses. There are so many people in the world who have older lenses, and K mount support was one of the virtues of Pentax. I still believe the reason why they maintained better finders was enable using of older lenses, particularly the manual focus ones. So I am sure they are mindful not to abandon older lenses. Cheers, Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
