> I'm sure they weren't trying to deliberately mislead you but logic > says this is pure BS. Given that a component for registering lens > aperture position was incorporated in every camera including the > least expensive for many years. I don't know if it would generate a > significant number of sales (I don't expect the additional cost to > incorporate it would be large enough to stymie sales) but it sure > would make operation of legacy lenses far more natural/intuitive.
Is this the part of the thread where common sense takes over, thanks Rob. Does anyone really think that incorporating support for legacy lenses K & M (fully) would stop your average Pentax owner from buying new ones? I think not I've more K, M & A lenses than I can shake a stick at, but I still bought FA primes and zooms, now I'm looking for a DA 16-45 or maybe the DA 12- 24..........oh and perhaps a telephoto with USM, HSM or whatever Pentax decide to label it in the future. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:35:45 +1100 Subject: Re: RE: Pentax 1.8 85mm > On 25/11/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That $35.00 (US currency) is the estimated manufacturing cost per unit > > that I got from a recently retired Pentax rep. In a normal marketplace, > > that would translate to about a $150.00-$200.00 retail cost increase to > > the end user of the equipment. > > The retail camera marketplace is too competitive to allow that kind of > > cost increase on consumer level DSLR bodies, which is all Pentax is > > selling at the moment. > > Pentax didn't think including it would generate as many sales as having > > a lower end user price would. > > Fuckface will disagree, but his connection to reality is tenuous at > > best. > > I'm sure they weren't trying to deliberately mislead you but logic > says this is pure BS. Given that a component for registering lens > aperture position was incorporated in every camera including the > least expensive for many years. I don't know if it would generate a > significant number of sales (I don't expect the additional cost to > incorporate it would be large enough to stymie sales) but it sure > would make operation of legacy lenses far more natural/intuitive. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom > it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you have received an email in error please notify > Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it > from your systems. > > Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email > attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be > free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. > > Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for > inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for > the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not > necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held > responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ------- End of Original Message ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify Carmel College on [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete all copies of it from your systems. Although Carmel College scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Carmel College monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, the college cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Carmel College and Carmel College cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
