----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mann" Subject: Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date
> That business model would be a complete disaster in the photographic > industry. Most people are only going to use their DSLR with the kit > lens(es), which are often third-party anyway. > > In most of the world, the kit lens is the same brand as the body. Australia/New Zealand seem to be the odd ones out here. Canon has the best idea going, they force third party lens makers to do a lot more reverse engineering, and from what I have been told by a few Canon users, third party lenses have a lot of operational difficulties on Canon bodies that were manufactured after the third party lens. It's like they are deliberately changing their firmware to screw their camera body customers if they choose to use non Canon lenses. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
