Originally posted by usapatriot I feel as if Pentax abandoned all of us K200D adopters. No firmware updates and a teeny product lifetime. You haven't been able to buy the K200D new for months now. I feel like I bought a product expecting support and updates and instead Pentax just dumped us.
what support and updates are you expecting? Is there something that the camera does not do, that was advertised? Are there any real defficiencies that have not been addressed, and by this I mean things that just don't work as documented?
Quote: I am currently selling, what I feel is my outdated K200D in favor of another system from another manufacturer who may give us the support we deserve.
what do you mean by the support we deserve? As customers, what we deserve is that the company we purchase from produces the functions we purchase, and fixes things that don't work as they should. By saying you are moving to a different system, which offers the support you deserve, are you implying they are still after the end of life of the product, still fixing things that don't work. That is not the same thing as good support, in fact, that is really bad support because they are still fixing bugs long after the product is out of production.
What ever happened to get it right the first time? Quote: Anyone else feel this way about their K200D?
Are there things I would like my camera to do that it presently does not, sure, but none of them are features that were advertised, they are a wish list of things I would like. There are a ton of others out there who ask similar questions. Have similar wishes etc. But that is not the same as lack of support. The fact that pentax has implemented them in newer models in many cases means they listen, at least a little.
In terms of obselescence, your camera was in fact obsolete the day pentax froze the design, because otherwise they would never ship anything. Obsolescence in a technical product is a fact of life. get over it