JCO,
You've articulated your position clearly and at length. However, it
isn't going to change anything, only Pentax can change what they
decide to do. $5 worth of parts in the camera translates to a $50
bill at retail price. Pentax doesn't feel it's warranted by the user
base buying these bodies, evidently. They've done a better job of
legacy lens support than anyone else, barring Nikon's support of AI-S
lenses in their top of the line cameras only, which I feel should be
lauded rather than disparaged; I certainly applaud the level of
support they have already offered since it is better than their
competitors.
Do you think you can relax and just accept the fact that this is how
it is? Write Pentax and explain your dissatisfaction. Others who feel
similarly can do the same thing. In the end it's up to Pentax to
decide how to work their business. They're the ones who know the
costs of producing the cameras, not us, but I wager that that $5 part
buys three or four more marketable features that are significant to
the people who might be interested in the cameras.
I'm satisfied with my Pentax equipment, with whatever warts it might
have, and have no great interest in buying many 30 year old lenses.
So it doesn't make sense for me to take them to task over something
that has no significant impact on my use of their products. I want to
see them upgrade their lens line and bodies to new standards, not the
old. That's a better strategic direction.
You obviously feel differently about it, but ranting to the PDML
about it is not going to change anything.
Godfrey
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