----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Kwan Subject: Re: To Pentax in Japan (does anybody have their email address?)
> If their calculations showed that the profit from majority of K-mount > users buying an *ist* was less than the engineering and production cost of > the added aperture simulator, the decision would not be so hard to make. Then their calculations had better include the cost of system replacement, and they had better be able to compete on new pricing with Canon EOS used pricing. If people have to start looking at all new equipment to use a camera body, the decision to purchase Pentax is not automatic. By dropping compatability, Pentax is playing a very dangerous gamble, one which may well backfire on them, since they are alienating a user base that already exists. William Robb
