----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: The JCO survey
> > Ironically, Canon was forced to introduce a new low-end FD body which > lasted for a number of years (the T50, made by Cosina) after they > tried > to kill FD, they didn't succeed until 1991 or so. Minolta sold MD kit > right until the end, with the X700, and even Olympus introduced their > last OM body in 2000 (both of which were made by Cosina of course). I remember the T50 as one of the last FD mount bodies, along with the T70, and T90. We couldn't get them after about 1988 or 89. They weren't a camera for anyone with an interest in photography past snapshooting. IIRC, the only exposure control on the T50 was the ISO dial. I'm amazed the X-700 was around for as long as it was, there was also a Chinese company that made an X-370 clone for quite a while. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
