either u missunderstood, or ur uncle outside misgear or misguide by 'seller/promoter'

it happened about 24-27 years ago, where, when the first AF firstly introduced. canon has to re-engineer the whole mount causing old lenses are unable to be used on the new body with AF, nikon stays with the same mount with minor modification, hence, during that era, canon loses a lot 'fan' and all jump to nikon. to make story short or being pass through 50 people, it becomes, "old lens cant use on new camera" =.=, partly, all u need is "adapter, or, perhaps u only can MF" thats all. BUT its RARE to find a >25 year old lens, mostly will get fungus because that era, drybox arent popular.
(maybe i was wrong and misunderstood ur statement)
and, today people ARE SMART, they wont build something to destroy old market(or maybe they will, like intel socket, LOL)... future camera are "backward compatible" meaning it WILL support older
chips" (like how we have 8 pins on the alphas, but still able to use 15 year old KM50mm with 5 pins)

*btw, sony have a minor share of Tamron, and tamron have given/share exclusive lens design to sony and some of sony lens are tamron design just some cosmetic changes. safe to say, tamron lens are pretty optimized for alphas

btw, i think the word u are looking for is backward compatibility, not reverse engineered. LOL, coz they sound 'back-wards' LOL.

lens backward engineered mean, they make lens only make mount/body. or it could mean, they try redesign similiar design of VR/IS or HSM/SSM from the existing design, which has no issue wor.

also, there is a STANDARD they follow on the each Mount. so, wont differ a lot.

This post has been edited by ieR: Jun 24 2010, 12:58 PM

It will all depend on whether I can save up money or not end of this month. If I cant meaning that I will have to send it to garage sales. Hehehhe.

Problem with it is I have a rather tight budget on getting a camera and I need to save up for something else. Im still thinking tho but I will make a decisions later this year.

i dun think he misunderstood la..he's been using an SLR right after form 6 and till now..about 25-30 years of experience?although he's a die hard canon user la.

and i think u misunderstood my statement..i was worrying about the change in firmware which won't accept older lenses(3rd party) as time passes..but thanks for explaining to AF and tamron shares thingy.. ..very interesting knowledge..

anyway i am just being too skeptical la...

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Added on June 24, 2010, 1:13 pmare u in a rush to shoot something important?

if not then just slowly save the money la..put the money into better use first...

who knows few months later NEX-4 or something will come out and u can get a cheaper NEX-5/G12?

This post has been edited by zstan: Jun 24 2010, 01:13 PM

Not really in a rush to shoot. Just that I need to save up on something else.

hahahaha..then forget about the camera first la..or u need to sell ur camera to fund that 'something else'is it?

I wanted to sell off to fund for my flight ticket to Japan. But if I were to sell off my gears, I wont have anything to use to shoot in Japan tho. Heheh.

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might as well u do more part time jobs or help take pics of events/wedding to earn the extra buck..

for me i'd rather not go for a holiday if i cannot bring a camera with me..these memories money also cannot buy one..

Cant really do part times now cause my working time is slightly changing. Sometimes I even have to work on sat/sun.

My trip there would be only for a certain reason actually. Cause Im going alone.

when are u going? cannot postpone the date? selling your gears might take some time too..

Well not exactly know when yet but hopefully this year.

means still got time to fund for ur flight ticket la...keep ur gear la bro...not worth...

Flight ticket + cash to spend there.

@wonka : sell off your gears all. then buy back some while at Japan . hoping tiket can get cheap
anyways, how long r u staying there??

This post has been edited by mastering89: Jun 24 2010, 02:05 PM

If I were to sell off, I wont go back anymore. Tickets are around RM2k+ through n flow. 1 thing I can save on is the accommodation. If I were to go also most probably from 5-7 days. Depending on how many days I can apply leave for.

do u have to go this year?

IMO u should start saving now until next year...then u can spend more money there..and save ur gear as well..

Well I have to go before April next year tho. Thats the due date. I think I should think about this cause I really dont wanna sell off my gears but for some reasons I have to. Hehehe~

cannot wait till march only go?

hmm..whatever it is ...the final decision is urs...

Was planning to go on Jan or Feb for winter or April for sakura tho. Hhahaha.