Hallo Pal, I'm wondering that this group of k-mount user shall be that small. When I read in dpreview, there are a lot of people who are writing, I will wait for the great Pentax *istD, because than I can use my k-mount lenses. If this group is that small why does Pentax make a software to prevent compability. I would be easy without any effort to allow stopdown metering in Av mode or metering in M-mode. I should work, like it is writen in the *ist manual, but it doesn't. It is the gred of Pentax from preventing using K-mount lenses, but it will not pay, the people will go to Canon or Nikon. regards Rüdiger
Von: Pål Jensen >Rüdiger wrote: > >With the K-mount incompabilty Pentax is loosing their strongest marketing >argument. > > > >REPLY: > >This is a complete misunderstanding. The number of Pentax customers (as opposed to users) who buy an slr with compatibility of more than 20 year old lenses are so few that percentage is not a useful way to measure it. Just ask any Pentax rep. 90% of all slr sales, and this include Nikon and Canon, are in the Rebel/*ist class and they are sold with kit lenses. For Pentax the number is probably closer to 98%. Calling an "advantage" that only benefit less than 1% of the buyers as strongest marketing argument is simply misguided. Only a tiny fraction of the tiny percentage use older than 20 year old lenses. Only a tiny fraction of those again are in the market for a DSLR. >Still, 20 year backwards compatibility with lenses is the best of any DSLR. >The 90% slr market segment is what all manufacturer now will chase for DSLR. This is where the volume is. Another volume segment are those upgrading from digital P&S. More than 20 years backward compatibilty doesn't mean anything to these customers. Nor does it mean much to anyone else. I can't recollect any manufacturer of modern camerras who cater for customers with more than 20 year old equipment. If such a move had any advantages in business term I'm sure it would have been common. > >Pål > > > >
