Dude, my A lenses were already 20+ years old and are still FULLY supported, why would I worry about my current lenses (ones bought today, like D-FAs DAs, etc) being obsolete in 1, 2, 5 10 years? Your argument for a Pentax lens conspiracy doesn't hold water.
-- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Why don't you care if the products you buy today > Arent supported in 1, 2, 5, 10 years if they > Are still in perfect operating condtion? Its B.S. > Lenses are long life products, unlike bodies, especially > Todays bodies. It sucks what they are doing and may > Do since their support policy has gone out the window. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christian > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:38 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > Of course I understand. But here is the difference between you and me: > I DON'T CARE! > > I sold all my K/M lenses when I bought the *ist D and replaced them with > > A, F or FA versions. The fact that I sold all that and now use the EOS > system is irrelevant. Like I said before, Pentax is finally producing a > > competitive camera and is finally interested in producing lenses I'm > interested in. will they abandon this type of mount and screw us all > into buying even more lenses? Come on. What are you insane? They have > clearly demonstrated a direction they wish to go and are pursuing it > with actual products. > > By your logic, Canon or Nikon could screw all their "loyal" customers > and change their mounts to, as you put it, "get you to rebuy again for > no reason." That's crazy, paranoid, conspiracy theory talk and sinks > your entire argument. No one can take you seriously. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
