JC,
First off, it's not new. This change dates to 1997, with the
introduction of the MZ-50. The last top of the line film camera to
support the K/M lenses was the MZ-S, which has been discontinued. The
current top-end film camera is the *ist, introduced in 2003, without
this support. Pentax has discontinued all AF Film bodies with K/M
support, the last was the MZ-6.
Apart from the MZ-M, the DSLR's are the _ONLY_ cameras in Pentax's line
currently with any usable K/M support (*ist only supports them
wide-open, MZ-60 doesn't support them at all).
It's over, we aren't getting the support back, and we should be damned
glad that we got the support we did in the DSLR's, unlike loyal Nikon
customers (Like I used to be).
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Cant you understand? How many times
do I have to post this? THIS ISNT
JUST ABOUT A Single green button. This reveals
Pentax true NEW terrible philosophy with regards
to their product's long term support. The fact is they
will drop support of any older products
even when it wouldnt cost anything to
support it....Why - To force you
to buy new products that have
the features they are now disabling
on old ones without cause. That's
not something that doesn't matter
for the future and its something
they have never done before...
This isnt 8 years old because their
top line film cameras
always supported K/M.
JCO
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:33 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: green button wars (again)
No, he doesn't seem to care about one minor issue about Pentax Product
Support. And neither does much of the list. And it's an 8 year old
issue, not a new issue.
-Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
You don't care about PENTAX PRODUCT SUPPORT
in general? I don't believe that and that
is the key to my criticism of them on this
because if you fully understand what they
did you would understand what it means for the
future of all pentax products then and now
and everything they will ever make in the future
because this is a key departure for them.
Its not just about a green button...
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:21 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: green button wars (again)
George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JCO -
I agree with you in concept. But, in the end, no matter how many
folks
write to Pentax about their old lenses it's just not going to make any
difference.
And the fact is, even on the PDML, the center of Pentax enthusiasm,
there are only 4-5 people who care much about it. I the wider world
this averages out to 0% for all practical purposes.
