I think any reasonable person who bought say a K85.1.8 in 1975 woud be pretty dam chuffed that it works at all with an *istD in 2004, nearly 30 years later. I mean come on, if one were to buy a new Pentax lens today would you reasonably expect it to still work with a new Pentax camera in 2034?
A. On 18/9/04 11:03 pm, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: istDs - what a great camera! > > >> The answer is Pentax is screwing the very people >> most likely to buy a PENTAX DSLR, those that already >> had plenty of Pentax lenses. If I was starting from scratch >> I would go Canon, not pentax. the only reason to go >> pentax is legacy product support which they arent doing. > > Thought about it myself when the istD was new on the market. > Decided to buy a few new lenses, and since the firmware update works > well enough for my meager needs to give me operational compatability > with the pre A lenses, I don't really feel "screwed". > Certainly not a screwed as the Canon FD users felt 20 years ago, or > the ongoing screwing that Nikon users seem to be getting. > > William Robb > >
