Minolta was killed off by their failure to bring to market a DSLR in a timely fashion, compounded by their failure to take early advantage of their lead in AF SLR systems. This had nothing to do with the fact that they successfully caried two incompatible mounts for nearly 20 years before being killed by a sea change in the entire marketplace.
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > NO, you idiot, I said Canon couldn't > Carry two incompatible SLR camera systems > Concurrently. Someones else suggested Minolta > Did and I stated what happened to Minolta. > I never suggested Pentax carry two different > Incompatible SLR systems. They don't even > Have that. They have new bodies that don't > Support K/M but K/M are not incompatible. > Learn to follow the threads correctly > Or get lost. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:36 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> Minolta had a full line of MC/MD >> Lenses for 15 years after Maxxum >> Introduction? P.S. and it's a big >> P.S., Minolta essentially went out >> Of business recently... > > So, you are saying that Pentax should risk going out of business to > support outdated lenses now. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
