Cory Papenfuss wrote: >>> reach a bit farther than my 18-55 kit lens, but as for primes and fast >>> glass, I prefer the cost/benefit ratio of older glass. >> Yes, and that cost/benefit will rapidly diminish if Pentax brings back >> auto-exposure with old lenses. You can't have it both ways! >> > ? Maybe I'm not getting it. Are you saying that the price of > used MF glass will go up if it is supported better? I suspect you're > probably correct, which can only help. > > To me it seems like the benefit of new lensed (through quality, > weight reduction, autofocus, focal length, etc) should stand for > themselves. I thought that the benefits of a new product over an old were > supposed to do that... not be artificially depricated and lose > functionality. > > If I *needed* new AF glass, or a new item was produced with enough > quality differential to merit its purchase, I would jump right in. > > -Cory
No, he's saying that Pentax will make more money if the K/M lenses aren't fully supported than if they are, as a larger percentage of people buying Pentax DSLR's will not be buying new lenses. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
