I saw this message yesterday. Is the list regurgitating or is JCO? On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:56 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> Yes but what they did was IMPROVE their entire > Mount, Penatax has done no such such thing > Here. That's what I am talking about. Its all > Loss with no gain. Canon EOS mount had a huge gain. > There is no gain with new pentax cameras and lenses > With regards to the mount. None. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:03 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> Cant you read my posts? Canon did not "simply bail on their base" >> > > They completely abandoned their FD user base. > I'm not debating that the FD mount wasn't compatable with the new > available technology, BTW. > What Canon did was stop manufacturing FD mount cameras almost > immediately after releasing the EOS cameras. > All the people who had bought FD mount cameras suddenly no longer had > any way of buying a new replacement camera body if the one they had > became unservicable. > The FD lens owner could not mount their old lenses onto the new > cameras. > Period. > This pretty much screwed anyone who had a good selection of FD glass, > which at the time was some of the best glass coming out of Japan. > > To use your own phrase (more or less), it was a support issue. > > And yes, I can read your posts, but they don't make a whole lot of > sense, as they tend to ignore things like facts. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
