I don't mind they dropped the aperture thingy. Actually it's more fun to use old lenses like this (M for completely manual!) and the bonus is some people think K and M lenses don't work properly on digital which keeps prices low. I noticed an M 100/4 macro changed owner for 40 euros and a K 85/1.8 for 90 euros. LOL
Toine On 10/21/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have over 20 years in product engineering and lived > With marketing guys on my back all that time. Heres > How it works : When (and if ) you add or remove features > >From products, the bottom line is, does it ADD ( or remove ) > VALUE to the potential customer(s)? You don't add features > That customers DON'T want or need and you don't delete features > That DO customers want or need. Its that simple. My opinion > On this whole matter is clear. I think it ( the cam sensor type AE) > should be still be available ( not removed ) on the top line Pentax DSLR > model(s) > And the retail price adjueted accordingly. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Pål Jensen > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:26 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Wow! So if they sold 2 million cameras it > > would be 10 million! Think > > of all the savings they could make if they did not manufacture > > cameras! > > > > This feature, like all others, has been and would be sold to the > > customer. > > Sorry, but this is not how it works. The linkages is not regarded a > feature > that can be sold to the customer. It is an expense that do not increase > sales but decrease profit. Eg the SR feature probably double or > quadruple > the potential sales of the K100D; very much worth the added cost. > None of the competition offers more extended backwards compatibility > than > Pentax anyway so it is very likely that Pentax doesn't feel they are > loosing > anything by removing the linkage. > > > Pål > > > > -- > 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
