Why would Sony make a K mount body? I see no reason. Besides Hoya would own the rights to the K mount and I doubt they'd be as easygoing as Pentax on licensing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would guess that if Pentax folds, someone will make a K-mount body. The > demand is built in. It would be easy, for example, for Sony to make a K-mount > version of their camera. I can't see the huge installed base of Pentax gear > being ignored. It's a bonanza for someone out there. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On 21/05/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Rob, >>> I worked for a former UNIVAC computer salesman. >>> He always insisted on pointing out that the computers >>> the company used for daily order processing were not obsolete, >>> they were just superceded...the market had something newer/better. >>> That's how I feel about my Pentax gear. >>> You can supercede it, but making it obsolete will take time and effort. >>> And given the legacy glass out there, bodies will be made to fill the needs. >>> (Remember, the electronics guys don't make any money on the glass. >>> They want to sell more electronics, not glass.) >>> >> I agree to an extent though I suspect our DSLR bodies are a lot more >> fragile and will be significantly less long lived than their film >> brethren due to mechanical/electronic failure more than sheer >> obsolescence. I really don't expect my lenses or any one else's to >> become obsolescent over night, some I've had for over 20 years and I'd >> hope that they'll be useful for at least that again. State of the art >> bodies to mount them on would help though. >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert >> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO >> http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ >> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
