Yes, we have no bananas. In your rush to disagree, you made my point. It matters not whether there is a viable market for an M42 DSLR, what matters is that no company wants to make it. The profit is selling DSLRs is in the OEM lenses. Companies will take a loss on cameras, knowing that they are making customers for profitable lenses.
No OEM lens customers = no profit. No profit = no product. regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:07 PM Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > What the heck are you talking about?, of course this camera will > not get produced unless its profitable to produce it, but there > is a already market need for one, its just a matter of when it will > become > profitable to make one. there is no rush, these lenses are already > about 25-45 years old and still ticking, they are not going to > disappear anytime soon. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Anthony Farr > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:14 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > But "They" just don't want to make the camera you want, it's not in > "Their" interests. Sad for you and all the other M42 fans, but that > what big business does, looks after itself instead of the little guys. > > regards, > Anthony Farr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:44 AM > Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > > I think you are seriously overestimating the > > difficulty in producing/devloping a M42 DSLR, the only signifigant > > difference from a K100D would be a screw thread flange instead of a K > > flange and a M42 pin actuator instead of the k lens > > lever actuator. Nearly all of the remaining > > hardware would be the same and the software/firmware > > would be mostly deleting existing features M42 couldnt > > do. > > jco > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Cory Papenfuss > > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:33 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > > > I wasnt discussing price, but if you already > > > have the lenses or want to buy high quality M42 > > > lenses, the higher cost of the body is offset > > > in the system context because the lenses are > > > much lower cost ( or no extra cost if you > > > already have them ) than brand new or recent pentax or canon or > > > nikon lenses in most cases. > > > > > > Yes, low production, high cost electronics items are "rare" but > > > still do exist. None of my audio gear for example, is mass produced > > > but I still got them. Look at full frame DSLRs or the new Leica > > > digital RF. I would not expect a M42 DSLR to be as cheap as a K100D > > > of course. > > > > > > jco > > > > > I really doubt adding another '0' to the price of a K100D would be > > able to make it a cost-effective design. Even if everybody who wanted > > one > > and was willing to pay for it (that'd be you and maybe 10 other people > > on > > the planet), it'd probably have to cost $20K to make back the > > engineering > > costs. > > > > It's a similar thing to aircraft avionics. What amounts to > > basically a well-built CB radio costs $2500 new. A similar model > > costs $1000 for a used one that's 25 years old. The few companies who > > > produce these low-volume devices charge a lot more than what they > > would if they were commodity. In some cases (like portable GPS's), > > for almost identical hardware to a consumer-grade on that costs 1/10th > > > the price. > > > > -Cory > > > > -- > > > > ********************************************************************** > > ** > > * > > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA > > * > > * Electrical Engineering > > * > > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University > > * > > > ************************************************************************ > > * > > > > > > -- > > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
