What would be the benefit to someone buying their first DSLR?. Don't discredit the allure of AF too quickly. People new to photography like AF, and they like it a lot.
Any M42 mount DSLR would only appeal to those who already own a lot of M42 lenses. So the limited market for it would either make it an extremely expensive piece of kit, or very cheap & nasty. Also the inability buy a lens on demand is a big minus. Why scour eBay & the second hand stores for the lens you want when you can buy a brand new Canon, Nikon or Pentax AF lens? Cheers, Dave At 09:41 AM 21/02/2007, you 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]> > > > > 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
