Toralf wrote: > I still want to take the "image" view on this, though (surely image is > more important to photo companies than most others ;-)) The question is > not (only) if people actually want to use these old lenses, but how the > lens compatibility issue affects Pentax'es image, i.e. the way people > look at Pentax as a brand, or more specifically, whether or not it > affects their opinion of the company enough to have a real influence on > their selection of brand.
The fact is that Pentax have the best backward compatibility in the business. I doubt this fact will hurt the companys image... Pål