On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Nick Clark wrote: > I think you'll find that K/M legacy lens support is worse with other manufacturers > than with Pentax.
Aye, but for how long? And if one is to forfeit use of their K/Ms, why not go somewhere with IS for example? And should they do a Cotty and do it quickly? Is the way to a larger market one that sheds the existing customers? In this case in particular (with Canon's hype-domination) I don't think so. Facts speak for themselves: they tried to stop *ist-D users (how much was it to the early adopters) from using K/Ms. Did their sales go through the roof? No. Did they backpedal? Yes. Am I still feeling threatened they may try it on again? Yes. Pentax have/had a USP: backward compatibility. My take is they have so few of them, they should not let go. Kostas p.s.: Many thanks to Mark Roberts (I think it was) for the pragmatic analysis of cost per customer. Thing is, the reason to buy Pentax is less and less pragmatic. Proof: they back-pedalled and offered the hack. Why not assure us further by biting the bullet, or come out, end speculation and face the music.
