Not whining, John ... just disappointed that there may be no no new lenses of the type described, and the reduction of choice. It's also sad, imo, that pentax is no longer the company I remember it to be - a company with some stature in the market place.
shel John Francis wrote: > Only if you view the glass as half empty. > > All those existing Limited and * lenses still work just as well > as they ever did, and so do the LXes, MXes, ... > (Film is getting hard to find, but that's anther story). > > In addition to all the film-based technology, we now have the > option of the all-digital systems. From what I've seen, these > seem more than capable of producing some stunning images. > > Choice. It's a _good_ thing. > > > (Or, of course, you can just sit around and whinge that the world is > going to hell in a handbasket, and it was better in the old days). > > > What a depressing turn of events ... > > > > Dario Bonazza wrote: > > > > > > Considering the following: > > > > > > 1 - The market has switched to digital, once and for all. > > > > > 3 - The latest (probably the last) of the Limited series lenses (31mm) was > > > introduced three years ago. > > > > > > 4 - High-end lenses (FA*) are disappering from the catalogs as they go out > > > of stock, without replacement. > > > > > > 5 - Minoru Suzuki, the designer of the Spotmatic and the LX, retired last > > > year. > >
