Originally posted by rparmar And here I was thinking it was the marketing department of Hoya who had to worry about sales figures. Our job is to request what we, as consumers of their products, want. Let's not get our roles confused!
Heaven forbid I should adopt the mindset of a frickin' marketing department!
That's funny, since you certainly sound like a marketer sometimes...
Originally posted by rparmar I agree since it would cost more, but not on the grounds that old lenses would eat into the profits of new ones. The two classes of lenses appeal to totally different types of photographers. Most will not forsake auto-focus.
No matter, since they don't listen to us anyway. That's probably for the best; we'd probably design a camel.