Don't worry about bodies, Cotty is gonna show us all how to make Frankenlenses out of our best Pentax gear and mount it on Canons. Regards, Bob S.
On 5/23/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Tom, you're nearly there. It's because bodies are more likely to fail > >that I would be keen to buy a couple and that way ensure that my lenses > >could still be used. I wouldn't buy more lenses because eventually there > >would be no body to use them on. That would be a waste. > > All this is hypothetical of course. It's not the path I would take John. I > understand the logic that gets you there and that's fine for you. I just > think it's short-sighted. Not only might you end up with lenses and camera > bodies that don't work due to age, you could have an accident and lose a > camera body that way as well. You'll have spent extra money on dinosaur > bodies, when you could have bought into a system that has a future. > > Your last sentence somes up my reasoning. Eventually there will be no body > to use them on. > > > > > > Who knows what advancements could be made in digital picture technology > > > in 5 - 10 years? > > > >Not much, judging by how little progress there has been in the last two > >years. As I said, this is a technology that is now quite mature. The > >K10D is remarkable for its feature set and its price. It doesn't break > >any new ground technologically. > > > > Five years from now, what if you could get a 20+ MP body for around the > price of a K10D? You hypothetical actions are sort of investing in the past > instead of investing in the future. > > Tom C. > > > > -- > 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
