I bought my K100DS about 3 weeks before it was discontinued, and it continues to work fine, three years later. :)
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
