>
>
> Unified customer feedback is the best way of
>reviving this (technically trivial) part of the classic K-mount.
>
Unfortunately that's the part that isn't going to happen.
Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>>>Completely irrelevant for me. I have only one pre-A series lens and
>>>>don't plan to buy any more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>That's where my logic departs. I could either have a whole
>>>bag-full of high-quality pre-A prime Pentax lenses as I do now, or I
>>>could
>>>have one high-quality F/FA/DA lens. The cost ratio is about 10:1. I
>>>cannot afford to buy a bag-full of $500-$1000 lenses.
>>>
>>>
>>Most people are closer to Godfrey than to you and John on this one.
>>Pentax knows this.
>>
>>William Robb
>>
>>
>>
> Eh... I'm sure you're right. While I don't agree with JCO's
>flaming-style "debating," I do agree with most of the points:
>
>- Canon FD/EOS comparisons aren't relevant because the new mount REQUIRED
>depricating the old one. The K-mount can easily allow for everything at
>the same time.
>- Arguing speculative dollar figures is pointless... nobody knows the true
>numbers. BUT, very cheap film cameras were sold for a very long time with
>these couplers in them... so they are not expensive to make if in the
>design to begin with.
>- The most disconcerting thing is quiet resignation of most folks on the
>PDML. "Even though I'd love to see it, it's not happening, and that's
>just the way it's gonna be." Unified customer feedback is the best way of
>reviving this (technically trivial) part of the classic K-mount.
>
>-Cory
>
>
>
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