On 2 Jun 2002 at 22:48, William Kane wrote: > Hey gang, > > I was thinking recently about making a cheap attempt at building a > DSLR using a pentax body and parts from a working digital camera. I > know that this is an exercise in futility, as it would be more > exspensive/work intensive to do, than to just buy a decent digital > camera . . . but, I guess that is the Pentax Way . . . (or at least what > they are indicating to their consumers). > > My current thoughts on the topic: > > I would start out with a cheaper digital camera. I haven't selected > one yet, but I'm thinking it would be best to take one of the smaller > N***N cameras. Basically, the plan includes taking the camera apart, > and jury-rigging a Pentax SLR body to accept the necessary parts.
Hi Bill, If you are truly serious about such a project why not just butcher a discard Nikon or Canon DSLR body to accept a K mount, it would be far easier and pretty cheap given the used prices on superseded gear? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
