This is NOT a compatability issue is a product support issue. KM lenses are not incompatable with A/F/FA in any way so just because other companies had real compatiblity issues with totally different hardward doesnt mean that pentax did or has. A/F/FA functions are not causing any problems with K/M functions now or in the past. PENTAX is refusing to support these lenses when they still easily and cheaply can. Theyre not incompatable, that might be reasonable if they were, this is pure non product support of SLR system components that are still fully compatible. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:42 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) 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
