People are still buying them. In fact some of us are quite happily shooting film, and intend to shoot film as long as it's available. Digital is nice, but it doesn't do everything I want.
-Adam Don Williams wrote: >I don't quite understand why new 35mm bodies are being made at all. Two >film makers (that I know of) have stopped making 35mm film and the sales >of digital cameras keeps climbing -- and the prices keep coming down. >Will good high res film continue to be available? If so I think I ought >to get the Wild/Leica Microscope camera out of the cupboard -- where I >put it when the *ist D arrived. > >Don > >Bob Shell wrote: > > >>On Jun 30, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>This little guy's been around for a year or two. From the few reviews >>>I've read about it, it seems to be mechanically very similar (if not >>>identical) to the K-mount bodies offered by Phoenix, Vivitar, >>>Promaster, etc. However, the last time I picked up a Promaster >>>K-body, IIRC it was made in China or Thailand. The VSL43 is made in >>>Japan, so I may be completely wrong about the similarities. The >>>reviews do suggest that it has a very nice viewfinder. >>> >>> >>> >>It's made by Cosina in Japan. Same innards as some of the Vivitar >>SLR cameras. >> >>The Promaster you saw is a rebadged Seagull from China. >> >>Bob >> >> >> >> > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
