Frankly, I think it has nothing to do with Pentax as a company being loyal to it's customers. They were/are betting on the existing lens investment to attract buyers. And correctly so. If they could get away with an act that made them appear blatently disloyal and still keep their customers while making a boatload of money, don't think they wouldn't hesitate.
I consider them disloyal because of not marketing a full frame DLSR. So there. In reality I don't think it's a matter of loyalty or disloyalty at all. Pentax and all companies will do what is best for themselves. Sometimes, by the very nature of the business of buying and selling, it happens to overlap with what is good for their customers. Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: CF v SD Cards >Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:53:58 -0700 > >It was a no-brainer for me to stick with a Pentax DSLR since I could use my >older lenses with it. IMO, it's not only loyalty but smart marketing. In >fact, some of the press releases I've read on the new cameras make a point >of the cameras being able to use 30+ yo lenses. And don't think word of >mouth about that has escaped the on line community. I've heard people who >don't even shoot Pentax recommend the new cameras because the potential >buyer mentioned s/he had some Pentax glass > >Frankly, I'd rather buy some new cards than buy 10 or 20 lenses. > >Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: John Forbes > > > > > You are ridiculous. The attitude Pentax has displayed over lenses is >that > > it has kept better compatibility than any other manufacturer, and shows >no > > sign of changing that now. When they discovered that some people wanted > > to use thirty year-old lenses on the *ist D, they issued a fix so that > > they could do so. > > > > That's what I call loyalty to customers. > > > >-- >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
