Minolta did so successfully for more than 15 years. What killed Minolta was their failure to develop their AF line until too late (the Maxxum 9 was their first real high-end body and it didn't show up until the late 90's, the Maxxum 7 is still the best mid-range AF film body ever made).
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Do you really think they could have > Possibly kept two incompatible SLR > Systems concurrently? It was upgrade to EOS > And discontinue FD or be stuck with the > FD limitations forever. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:49 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> I applaud Canon because they have a much >> Better SLR/DSLR system than Pentax, not >> Becaue they had to drop FD to do it. > > They didn't have to drop FD. > > You fail to understand the signifigance that > LENSES not bodies last forever practically and long term > Support of the lenses is of utmost importance. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
