The mistake you're making is assuming that people new to Pentax aren't experienced users. Lots of experienced shooters coming from various different places are buying into Pentax these days.
-Adam On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:35 PM, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PEOPLE NEW TO THE BRAND ARE NOT THE ONES > THAT WILL CAUSE THE GOOD MANUAL FOCUS FF LENSES > TO SOAR IN VALUE, IT'S EXPERIENCED USERS > WHO PREFER MANUAL FOCUS FOR MOST APPLICATIONS! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > David Savage > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:42 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: full frame rumours and innuendo > > > People new to the brand aren't interested in manual focus lenses no matter > how good they are. > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:38 PM, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > short term maybe, but when FF permiates, the aps > > lenses are simply not going to be very desireable > > when you have got a nice FF camera in you hand. > > > > Secondly, the other half of my statement was that > > the secondary market for FF lenses ( assuming good > > ones like smc K,M,A,F,FA etc will soar in value, > > especially the ones with features you cant buy anymore like the > > K,M,A ( precision manual focus ). jco > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Adam Maas > > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:29 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > > Subject: Re: full frame rumours and innuendo > > > > > > And the experience in the Nikon world is that the high-end DX lenses > > hold their value even after FF arrives. > > > > -Adam > > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Like the Canon and Nikon offerings, Pentax advanced amateur cameras > > > will always outsell any FF camera by a wide margin. They're obviously > > > not going to abandon APS-C at any point in the near or even somewhat > > > distant future. So lens values will remain at least reasonably > > > constant. As for me, I'll have paid for my DA lenses in work long > > > before a FF camera is available. And like Nikon FF cameras, I'm sure > > > a Pentax offering will have a DA frame size option. Paul > > > > > > > > > On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:11 AM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > > Watch the secondary market FF lenses soar in value as the DA > > > > lenses plummet if and when this happens. This is why I havent > > > > bought anything but really good FF lenses for myself. > jco > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > Behalf Of > > > > Derby Chang > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 6:28 AM > > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > Subject: full frame rumours and innuendo > > > > > > > > > > > > ...but probably inevitable > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6bczpo > > > > http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/ > > > > Samsung_hints_at_fullframe_sensor_ > > > > for_professional_digital_SLR_camera_news_227234.html > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > > > follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > M. 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