I think it may happen eventually. It will be a niche market for a small company. But it's a good five years down the road, if at all. Paul On Feb 20, 2007, at 7:41 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> An M42 DSLR would not be old technology would it? > The whole purpose of one would be to use the millions > of quality M42 lenses in existance with the highest > degree of technology possible with those lenses. I dont > think that any new M42 lenses need to be produced, or that > AF or lack of it, really matters whatsoever. Its to utilize the old > manual focus M42 lensess already in existance. I do think > it will happen eventually, because eventually the entire > 35mm and smaller SLR formats will be nearly all digital and there > are just way too many good auto aperture M42 lenses to ignore forever. > BTW, If you actually prefer manual focussing for a lot of situations, > and there are many who do, manual focus lenses are better > than AF lenses for that application because Manual focus > smoothness had to be seriously compromised to be able do AF in AF > lenses. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > John Celio > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:08 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > Although it would be pretty cool if it happened, I don't think an M42 > dSLR > has a snowball's chance in hell of being made. Why? Simple > answer: old > > technology just doesn't sell well. Modern consumers want convenience, > and > as far as cameras go, that means full automation, including autofocus. > Those of us with an appreciation for the past are too few in number to > make > an M42 dSLR camera profitable. > > And really, the bottom line here is "profitable." > > I could give more reasons, if you'd like, but don't take this as an > "it's a > stupid idea!" response. I think it'd be pretty cool, as I said, just > not > economically feasible. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:29 AM > Subject: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260086611089 >> >> It seems the Pentax M42 quality lens market is still very strong and >> getting even stronger lately. I have never seen one of these sell for >> over $400 until now. ( I bought my first one for $100 in '88 ) Could >> you imagine what would happen to this SMCT market if somebody did >> produce a auto aperture supporting M42 DSLR? >> >> jco >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
