I would guess that if Pentax folds, someone will make a K-mount body. The demand is built in. It would be easy, for example, for Sony to make a K-mount version of their camera. I can't see the huge installed base of Pentax gear being ignored. It's a bonanza for someone out there. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 21/05/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob, > > I worked for a former UNIVAC computer salesman. > > He always insisted on pointing out that the computers > > the company used for daily order processing were not obsolete, > > they were just superceded...the market had something newer/better. > > That's how I feel about my Pentax gear. > > You can supercede it, but making it obsolete will take time and effort. > > And given the legacy glass out there, bodies will be made to fill the needs. > > (Remember, the electronics guys don't make any money on the glass. > > They want to sell more electronics, not glass.) > > I agree to an extent though I suspect our DSLR bodies are a lot more > fragile and will be significantly less long lived than their film > brethren due to mechanical/electronic failure more than sheer > obsolescence. I really don't expect my lenses or any one else's to > become obsolescent over night, some I've had for over 20 years and I'd > hope that they'll be useful for at least that again. State of the art > bodies to mount them on would help though. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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