Actually, Canon discontinued the FD bodies, except the low-end T50 and T60's, almost immediately after the EOS launch.
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > There is one HUGE difference, when Canon introduced > EOS lenses and bodies, there were already millions > Of FD bodies in the field and even sold new FD bodies > For a while after, including nice ones like the T90 > So canon FD users had their "last call". Whereas pentax hasn't even > changed their Mount and there are zero pentax digital bodies in > The field that do support K/M fully at all. Pentax should > Give a "last call" for K/M users with at least one DSLR > Body that supports them fully. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:17 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" < > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > > >>YOU are an idiot. You cant see the forest >>For the trees. Canon made a bold move into >>The future with the EOS mount and its part >>Of the reason they are on top of the SLR >>World right now. It wasn't done only to >>"Screw FD owners" like you state. Pentax >>is the one screwing their customers on >>the K/M thingy. > > > Good points all. > But, it does break your very important rule about supporting lenses for > the long term. > > Your defending Canon makes you a hypocrite. > Is that better or worse than an idiot? > > A cynic could look at it and say that Canon made a huge gamble and it > paid off. > I knew a number of Canon owners who felt pretty miffed when support for > their tens of thousands of dollars worth of FD glass was casually > dropped by the Canon. > My friend Scott has a T-90. It's the only Canon body out of three that > he owns that still works. He had to put it back together himself after > the Canon repair department turned it into a basket case. > He is now about ready to buy a DSLR. > He has no reason to look at Canon in particular, since he is forced to > start from scratch. > > In his situation, Canon didn't help themselves at all, he isn't willing > to risk another lump of money on them. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
