Originally posted by brofkand This is starting to be like the full frame thread...
There are hundreds of threads already that "record the prospective demand."
If Pentax wants to do it, they'll do it. If not, they won't.
Simple as that. There are other things that are more worthy of your time to fight for.
Originally posted by brofkand I never said tethering is a worthless or unuseful feature. Don't put words in my mouth. My needs are perfectly suited by the Pentax system. If yours aren't, stop complaining about it and switch to a system that does. Life is too short to do otherwise.
First off yes you did blow off the significance of tethering...or did you not write the above comment? Maybe it was your cat?
Quote: I am simply stating that threads on this forum are highly unlikely to make Hoya change their mind about ANYTHING. If they don't think it's worthwhile to spend the R&D and engineering to implement Tethering (or full frame or faster AF or EVILs or anything) they won't do it. Plain and simple.
So stop complaining about things you don't like about Pentax. They've done plenty I don't like (price of 35 2.4 off the top of my head), but there's not much I can do that will change their mind.
Second...what business is it of yours what others want to discuss? Don't like it, don't post. Or is your name Torquemada? We were having a fine discussion about our needs and you blow in basically telling everyone here we are full of crap and to sod-off. Nobody was ranting or stomping up and down...sure we are discussing something we don't like about the new HoyaTax...what of it? Had there been more frank and honest discussions perhaps many would not have either switched to Pentax or come back to our photography roots...from a system which worked perfectly fine. You want to be bitchy complain to HoyaTax for not indicating the omission of tethering in the K-7 specs or the review sites for not mentioning it either.
Also, everyone knows commenting here is not going to result in a change. Not need to be so obvious and redundant. However by discussing it with others who have the same or similar needs we can either find a way to make it work or to email someone at HoyaTax, then again not that anyone ever received results via that route either.
And yes, most of use feel betrayed and being pushed out of the brand thanks to the unannounced removal of a very important feature their supposed best body, the K-7. But we waited as there were hints from Pentax that the 645D and the K-5 share a lot of the same subsystems. And with the indication of tethering being planed for the 645D there is every reason to remain hopeful. But in the mean time we were discussing the matter together until your post basically telling us to STFU. You were rude, that simple. I commented rather politely and did not change your words I merely distilled them down to the essence of what you wrote.
BTW, not a thing wrong with the price of the new 35/2.4, it looks like a superb lense and worth the price, though I would consider the DA40ltd from B&H over it right not as when I looked the other day it was only $339 but that probably won't last long. OTOH, from the sample shots I have seen the new 35/2.4 renders extremely well with nice bokeh...