That's essentially my point. Apart from some specialty lenses that remained available until very recently (And may still be from distributors with stock), K/M lenses have been obsolete for 15 years.
And I do mean obsolete. The addition of electronic coupling and linear aperture with the KA mount did render the older K lenses obsolete. Not to mention the A versions have updated optics that are generally superior to their K/M counterparts. I'm damned glad that Pentax chose to give us any metering capability with K/M lenses. I'd like to see an aperture simulator, and consider it a must for a flagship body (Because the price difference is less relevant on a $2000+ body, and a Flagship should offer capabilities the other bodies don't, other than just build and speed) but I'm willing to settle with the kludge for sub-$1000 bodies, secure in the awareness that Pentax isn't likely to discontinue any more features until they've got a solid amount of electronicly-actuated aperture lenses on the market (Which won't happen anytime soon, as these haven't even been introduced yet, although I've got my suspicions that it may show up in the next couple of years). -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: > And for how long should they, or any company, support a product they no > longer manufacture or sell? At some point there's got to be an end to it. > > And, once again, how much of the Pentax gear that you own did you buy new? > How much new Pentax gear have you purchased? (Note: these are two > different questions) > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: J. C. O'Connell > >> Because its cheap and easy and they >> Sold millions of them. Its called customer support. DUH. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Adam Maas > >> Why should they support what they don't sell? > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
