Forum: Pentax Medium Format
02-11-2019, 09:09 AM
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I think the brand argument has more justification for the Pentax MF case than for camera manufacturers in general. This is because there are no (to my knowledge) third-party lens manufacturers like (e.g.) Sigma, Tokina, Tamron, making 645 or 6 x 7 lenses. Some adapters are available for lenses from other MF brands, but these are not fully compatible A and F wise. Further, until relatively recently there were few (if any) third-party fully Pentax-compatible flashes, so again one was locked into the brand. Then there are all the peripherals such as remote wired or wireless shutter controls, flash cables, etc., that are rarely available from third parties.
Thus, the long-term Pentax MF user has to depend on the manufacturer to provide some degree of continuous support unless financially able to abandon the camera system in favor of some other equally-performing brand and model that will be supported for a similarly brief time.
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