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I find it interesting how vendor lock in of camera brands can keep a brand going. If you have a set of lenses for a system you're unlikely to switch, even if it
by Paul_S 4y ago
I find it interesting how vendor lock in of camera brands can keep a brand going. If you have a set of lenses for a system you're unlikely to switch, even if it was rational to do so. Even though lenses keep their resale value and you wouldn't lose much money in the process.
I never really fully understood the reasons behind it but it's clear to see that it creates stickyness that any company outside of photography would envy.
- Paul_S 4y agoWhen I retired from photography a decade ago I dumped Nikon in favour Olympus (for its smaller size, 4/3 system). I wasn't fully happy and wanted to switch and buy Pentax but I only did that when I was robbed and lost my Olympus gear.
- skhr0680 4y agoSelling all your lenses for a loss just to buy mostly the same thing sounds like a pain to me. Adapters are hit and miss too, even when on paper they should be 100% compatible
- sudosysgen 4y agoThe biggest issue with adapters is that autofocus systems expect fairly detailed information on the optical formula of a lens nowadays, so it's not easy to adapt lenses even when you do fully reverse engineer the protocol