"John Whittingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Pardon me for being a skeptic, but the compatibility of the >> K-mount is completely at odds with the Sony "proprietary everything" >> philosophy. > >Totally agree there they mess with the K mount and it's total FUBAR, they >need to leave Pentax to do the camera/lens making and just manage the other >side of things. Maybe they see the K mount as the niche, or are they too >short sited for that?
If Pentax and Sony simply come to a cooperative agreement, rather than a merger of the companies, they wouldn't be *able* to mess with the mount: They'd simply get the benefits of being able to offer a DSLR with a broad installed base of users and compatible lenses. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
