At least there aren't combination that can cause actual damage, (if you
stay away from KR lenses and Pentax didn't actually make any of
those). Nikon on the has those...
On 11/2/2010 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Personally, I think that Pentax backward compatibility is way
overrated compared to what it truly is.
On 11/1/2010 11:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Miserere wrote:
Boris, I'd say yes and no. I suppose we should take into account what
*might* happen 5 years from now, but what's more important to me is
what happens this Friday when I go shooting. If I need a DA lens for
my subjects, then I'll buy it and use it; it would seem silly to me
not to do so just because *maybe* in 5 years time that lens will
become unusable on the new bodies.
Personally, I don't think there's any chance that Pentax (top-end
bodies, anyway) will lose screw-drive in 5 years. There's a
significant number of FA* lenses like the 600/4.0, 250-600/5.6 and
300/2.8 out there. Not a lot, but a significant number. And their
owners are long-time, money-spending Pentax users who Pentax is
unlikely to want to piss off. Also, there are no SDM replacements for
these lenses in sight at the moment.
I think this is all hand-wringing over nothing.
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