Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:26 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Get your K1 and for $550, Pentax will upgrade it (including badges) to a new K1II.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/216279...ark-ii-for-550

How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

On 2018-02-22 03:15:23 +0000, Bill W said:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:26 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Get your K1 and for $550, Pentax will upgrade it (including badges) to
a new K1II.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/216279...ark-ii-for-550


How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

The last time I checked it seemed like most Pentax lenses was rebranded
Tokinas. That might have changed. Let's remember Pentax for the
affordable cameras in the sixties and the often stellar Takumars lenses
they made to go with them...
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teleportation kills

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 23:42:36 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:15:28 UTC-5, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:26 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Get your K1 and for $550, Pentax will upgrade it (including badges) to a new K1II.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/216279...ark-ii-for-550

How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

Screw Tamron and underdog Tokina, they hardly represent much in the way of 3rd party lenses. They are the ones who refuse to make lenses for brands other than Canon, Nikon and a smattering of Sony.

It's Sigma that I worry about. They used to include Pentax mounts with
all their offerings, but not any more.

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

On 2018-02-22 09:13:48 +0000, Bill W said:

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 23:42:36 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:15:28 UTC-5, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:26 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Get your K1 and for $550, Pentax will upgrade it (including badges) to
a new K1II.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/216279...ark-ii-for-550


How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

Screw Tamron and underdog Tokina, they hardly represent much in the way
of 3rd party lenses. They are the ones who refuse to make lenses for
brands other than Canon, Nikon and a smattering of Sony.

It's Sigma that I worry about. They used to include Pentax mounts with
all their offerings, but not any more.

They are smelling the blood in the water. They make cameras too, you
know... ;-ppp
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teleportation kills

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japaneseplanned-obsolescence
 

On 2/22/2018 2:42 AM, RichA wrote:
On Wednesday, 21 February 2018 22:15:28 UTC-5, Bill W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:26 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

Get your K1 and for $550, Pentax will upgrade it (including badges) to a new K1II.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/216279...ark-ii-for-550

How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

Screw Tamron and underdog Tokina, they hardly represent much in the way of 3rd party lenses. They are the ones who refuse to make lenses for brands other than Canon, Nikon and a smattering of Sony.


I was not aware of any law or rule, moral or legislated, saying that a
manufacturer and/or distributor of camera lenses cannot make economic
decisions. How is that decision causing a negative impact on society.

--
PeterN

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

In article ,
RichA wrote:

How long is Pentax going to stay in business? Almost no 3d party
lenses is not a good sign.

Screw Tamron and underdog Tokina, they hardly represent much in the way of
3rd party lenses.

nonsense. tamron & tokina make some very good lenses, and unlike sigma,
they don't fall apart.

They are the ones who refuse to make lenses for brands
other than Canon, Nikon and a smattering of Sony.

there aren't enough customers to justify bothering.

Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

On 2018-02-22 16:40:01 +0000, nospam said:

nonsense. tamron & tokina make some very good lenses, and unlike sigma,
they don't fall apart.

any recent evidence for that that ain't anecdotal?
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Pentax spits in the FACE of the entrenched Japanese planned-obsolescence
 

In article , android
wrote:


nonsense. tamron & tokina make some very good lenses, and unlike sigma,
they don't fall apart.

any recent evidence for that that ain't anecdotal?

lensrentals.com had several reliability reports of which lenses were
the most trouble, citing sigma as being the worst to the point where
they refused to carry sigma lenses when another maker had a similar
lens.

some simga lenses were dead on arrival from sigma, never having been
rented to anyone, and when lensrentals contacted sigma for repairs,
sigma said user damage.

sigma ultimately forced lensrentals to take most of those reports down.

some older sigma lenses were held together with tape:
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/top...lp-1193/p-0#co
mm_5543
On another Sigma lens I had, the front part came loose, and the lens
wouldn't focus. I discovered that it was attached not by screws, but
by some sort of double-sided tape!