I'm sure that Cosina is already working on it. I don;t expect the modules to be user, replaceable, but a factory modification. If they were user replaceable you'd destroy the camera industry...
mike wilson wrote: >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/02/21 Wed AM 03:43:58 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ >> >> It might not be that small a niche if it were designed correctly it >> could be build to cater to a number of "classic" lenses. A simple >> change of the front module and you have a "Classic" FD lens mount DSLR, >> Classic OM, Classic K, Classic MD, etc. as well as the Classic M42 >> DSLR. When you consider all of the orphan lens systems, most of them >> with quite good optics, you have quite a potential market. >> > > _That_ is a superb idea. Pity it's not possible to patent ideas. Might be > worth you contacting, say, Tamron before someone steals it from you. > > >> David Savage wrote: >> >>> At 10:41 AM 21/02/2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I guess you just dont understand,this would NOT >>>> be for a beginner or someone who wants to buy >>>> lenses off the shelf, this is for someone who >>>> already has or wants to use M42 manual focus >>>> lenses IN PARTICULAR. >>>> >>>> >>> No, I understood. That's why I said "Any M42 mount DSLR would only appeal >>> to those who already own a lot of M42 lenses" >>> >>> >>> >>>> It wouldnt be for those >>>> other cases at all. I think you are trying >>>> generalize to much, no camera does it all >>>> or is for everyone, and a M42 DSLR would just >>>> be another specific camera designed to do >>>> a specific thing. >>>> >>>> >>> The thing is the market for one would be so small a niche, the cost of one >>> will be very high. >>> >>> And high cost, low volume is rare in (electronics) manufacturing in this >>> day and age. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>>> David Savage >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:15 PM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> >> The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. >> -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
