I wouldn't be worried anyway. Apparently there is no signal from the mothership that causes discontinued equipment to stop functioning. The K20 has been discontinued for a couple of _years_ now, but -- and this may come as a major shock to some disbelievers -- it *still* works! I fit my Pentax lenses to this completely obsolete camera and I get photographs from it! Zounds!
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:36 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > There's been no official word, and B&H hasn't listed it as discontinued, > (the K20 was so listed long before Pentax USA acknowledged that it was). > So, I'm not worried. Pentax stopped building *ist-D cameras long before > they were officially discontinued. If production has simply stopped it's > probably because the factories are retooling for the next product release. > > > On 1/9/2012 5:04 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Similar to the sources on the K-r being discontinued (available until >> stocks run out). >> >> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbbs.kakaku.com%2Fbbs%2FK0000152653%2FSortID%3D13971212%2F >> >> To counter these rumors I would think that Ricoh/Pentax is going to >> have to make some announcements at either >> PMA next weeks (nothing leaked so far) >> >> http://photorumors.com/2012/01/03/what-to-expect-during-pma-ces-2012-next-week/ >> or CP+ show next month in Japan. >> >> If true, K-5 prices are as low right now as they are going to go and >> they will start rising again as availability decreases. >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska >> > > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid > a lengthily search. -- -bmw -- 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.
