Just as an aside, to anyone who thinks the aperture simulator is totally unnecessary. I'd love to trade my nearly mint M-35mm f2.0 for the equivalent A lens in bargain condition. Any takers? I though not.
John Whittingham wrote: >> 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. 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