auto focus was introduced. (Except for Nikon and Pentax). There are more K/M mount lenses
in use than you give credit for after all Pentax still supports them, sort of.
At 07:52 PM 6/11/03 +0200, you wrote:
Peter wrote:
> You are mixing two contradictory arguments in your post:
>
> 1.) Pentax doesn't care how many of these bastard things they market so why
> make them
> compatible.
That was not what I said. Or meant to say. Making them comoatible don't make any difference for sales exept making the thing more expensive.
> 2.) Pentax is making a statement that they plan to be around for a long > time and > support their lenses with new bodies, (but we'll cripple them so you can't > use some for no > particular reason except marketing). > > What I see is a marketing decision to sell lenses, if they don't sell any > of these bodies they won't sell new lenses so why build the body.
I think you are way out of propotions. There simply aren't that many K and M lenses in use. Particularly not on a potential DSLR. Nobody makes DSLR's for 20+ year old lenses perhaps because it isn't such a good idea commercially.
There also might be sound technical reasons for a total change of metering principle; the *ist D needs to be compatible with future lenses. Not lenses from more than 20 years back.
Pål
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