Dave, You're wrestling in the mud with pigs... Stop it now. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:16 PM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, the supply of old M42 lenses is huge. The market for them is small. > > If the market was so huge someone would have made a M42 DSLR by now. > > And given the rise of the Yen, shrinking DSLR sale profits & general global > economic difficulties, we're not going to see one anytime soon if at all. > > DS > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JC > OConnell > Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 9:03 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? > > M42 lens market is huge, not tiny! > > JC O'Connell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Celio > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:15 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? > > > The closest you will ever get to an M42 dSLR is a K2000/Km with an m42 > adaptor. > > There is zero chance that any manufacturer would make a low-profit > camera to use no-profit used lenses that have been around for decades, > and which probably won't work well with a digital sensor anyway. There > is such a tiny market for this that I can't see any reputable > manufacturer trying to fill it. > > John > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
