I think you're using the wrong word, "shouldn't" is the word you want, not "can't".
J. C. O'Connell wrote: >CANON provided something new and improved in their EOS >Mount that the FD could never do, PENTAX hasn't. You are arguing on >both >Ends of the stick and you cant do that. On one hand >Youre saying abandoning Pentax is better than Canon >Because they didn't make their new A/F/FA mounts >Incompatible with K/M but on the other hand youre >Saying its OK to abandon K/M now with the DSLRs >For no reason. >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >William Robb >Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:48 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "J. C. O'Connell" >Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > > > >>Do you think that intentionally diabling lenses by >>Removing a $5 part is not worse that intentioning >>Disabling lenses by going to a completely new and much >>Improved camera and lens mounting system? I don't. >> >> > >Completely abandoning an entire family of lenses for no valid technical >reason is worse, yes. >Canon could have made the EOS system adaptable to the EF mount, in much >the same way that Pentax made the M42 mount adaptable to the K mount. >Or, they could have continued making a couple of decent FD mount cameras > >to continue supporting the 10s of millions of legacy lenses they had >sold. >The demand for them was certainly out there at the time. >I'm not saying the FD mount didn't need to be superceded, I am saying >that Canon screwed their customer base by completely abandoning it in >the process. > >As you said yourself: > >"You fail to understand the signifigance that > > >>LENSES not bodies last forever practically and long term >>Support of the lenses is of utmost importance. " >> >> > >How has Canon given FD lens owners from they early long term support? > >William Robb > > > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
