Well then, Pentax is really nuts then. What are they making money on at all? ( Rhetorical). jco
-----Original Message----- From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:03 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: more green button wars Just an aside, Pentax can't sell lenses if they're not available. Try to buy anything except the most mundane of consumer zooms and be prepaired to wait, and wait, and wait... Not to mention that all previous series of lenses have been discontinued awaiting replacements, and the most anticipated lenses, like the 12-24 have not yet been delivered. Pentax isn't selling new lenses in any event. John Forbes wrote: > And if Pentax don't sell more lenses, they'll go to the wall. Very > clever. > > John > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:39:14 +0100, J. C. O'Connell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> EXCUSE ME, arent you forgetting one little thingy? >> PENTAX CANT SELL MORE NEW REPLACEMENT LENSES if they support the K/Ms >> - thats why it was left out, not because nobody wanted it...You are >> naïve if you really believe they left it out because nobody really >> needed or wanted it. There is no other logical reason to leave this >> cheap part out other than to disable the functions of earlier lenses >> in order to boost sales of new ones to replace the disabled >> older ones.....jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:24 PM >> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >> Subject: Re: more green button wars >> >> >> Pentax brought the Green Button fix to satisfy a loud minority of >> users who were complaining. If it had been a majority, the DS would >> have gotten the hardware necessary instead of continuing with the >> software fix. Pentax isn't stupid. But they don't agree with you >> either. >> >> The people complaining about the lack of hardware are a minority >> amongst the old K/M users, who are already a minority amongst >> Pentax's market. If it was otherwise, we'd have the hardware, because >> it would be worth implementing to Pentax if a large minority or >> majority of the market required it. As it is, it's not worth it to >> Pentax to make the changes. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> >>> Get out of here with this stuff. You think the pentax DS did or >>> didn't have the K/M hardware integrated because of the >>> population/market size of these lenses in the field ? What makes you >>> say that, there was so much backlash that pentax had to come up with >>> the green button band-aid right away to stop the bleeding... >>> jco >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:57 PM >>> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>> Subject: Re: more green button wars >>> >>> >>> Simple. Most of those truckloads of lenses are sitting at the back >>> of a closet collecting dust, and much of the ones in current use are >>> 50mm's on a school's K1000's. If there was a large market for K/M >>> lens users going digital, the DS would have had the hardware >>> integrated. There's just enough market (or at least complaining) for >>> Pentax to keep with the kludge they're currently using. >>> >>> Same reason why Nikon's dumped that compatibility on it's low/mid >>> range digitals. No real market for it. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> Mishka wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> now that's just plain... strange comment. >>>> >>>> what exactly would be the reason preventing the owners of the >>>> aforementioned truckloads of K/M lenses looking to buy into Digital >>>> (or DigitaL)? >>>> >>>> mishka >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/19/05, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> While the lenses do exist, the number of owners looking to buy >>>>> into Digital or modern film are a fairly small fraction of the >>>>> current market. Barely worth supporting, and not worth the extra >>>>> engineering required to integrate the extra functionality into the >>>>> design (Hardware is always harder to integrate than firmware, >>>>> hence the firmware fix). >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: >> 16/09/2005 >> > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout).
