As far as I can recall, nobody here has ever said that "the aperture simulator is totally unnecessary". Almost everybody here would like to have it on a DSLR. Nobody is arguing against the AP; they are simply fed up with a million posts reiterating the same old argument.
But, like JCO, you seem unable to grasp that fact. John On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:29:08 -0000, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just as an aside, to anyone who thinks the aperture simulator is > totally unnecessary. I'd love to trade my nearly mint M-35mm f2.0 for > the equivalent A lens in bargain condition. Any takers? I though not. > > John Whittingham wrote: >>> I'm sure they weren't trying to deliberately mislead you but logic >>> says this is pure BS. Given that a component for registering lens >>> aperture position was incorporated in every camera including the >>> least expensive for many years. I don't know if it would generate a >>> significant number of sales (I don't expect the additional cost to >>> incorporate it would be large enough to stymie sales) but it sure >>> would make operation of legacy lenses far more natural/intuitive. >>> >> >> Is this the part of the thread where common sense takes over, thanks >> Rob. >> >> Does anyone really think that incorporating support for legacy lenses K >> & M >> (fully) would stop your average Pentax owner from buying new ones? I >> think not >> >> I've more K, M & A lenses than I can shake a stick at, but I still >> bought FA >> primes and zooms, now I'm looking for a DA 16-45 or maybe the DA 12- >> 24..........oh and perhaps a telephoto with USM, HSM or whatever Pentax >> decide to label it in the future. >> >> John >> >> ---------- Original Message ----------- >> From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:35:45 +1100 >> Subject: Re: RE: Pentax 1.8 85mm >> >> >>> On 25/11/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> That $35.00 (US currency) is the estimated manufacturing cost per unit >>>> that I got from a recently retired Pentax rep. In a normal >>>> marketplace, >>>> that would translate to about a $150.00-$200.00 retail cost increase >>>> to >>>> the end user of the equipment. >>>> The retail camera marketplace is too competitive to allow that kind of >>>> cost increase on consumer level DSLR bodies, which is all Pentax is >>>> selling at the moment. >>>> Pentax didn't think including it would generate as many sales as >>>> having >>>> a lower end user price would. >>>> Fuckface will disagree, but his connection to reality is tenuous at >>>> best. >>>> >>> I'm sure they weren't trying to deliberately mislead you but logic >>> says this is pure BS. Given that a component for registering lens >>> aperture position was incorporated in every camera including the >>> least expensive for many years. 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