Ahh... Power shortage then...
Tom C.
From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:06:55 -0400
Apparently you are not aware of how numerical contolled machine tools work.
It is a matter of loading the correct program, chucking the correct piece
of metal, and hitting the on button. Once you have the program, it takes
only ten minutes or so to set up to produce a particular part.
graywolf
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Tom Reese wrote:
I still don't know about this. In my mind, these lenses have too many
custom
parts for them to bother making a single lens. The lens barrels, the
focusing helixes, the diaphragm mechanisms etc have to be different. I
can't
see Pentax going to their supplier and ordering one of each to build a
single A 15mm lens. I can see them producing a batch of fifty or so but I
don't think they'd bother for an older model that has been replaced in the
lineup.
Like I said, it's an interesting idea.
The ain't shutting down no line to make your A15, Tom. They put them
together in a little job shop in the basement <grin>. In fact I would
not be suprised to find out that they grind the lens elements on a
numerically contolled grinder and polish them by hand. They probably
haven't made enough 15mm's since 1975 to keep a serious production line
busy for one day.
