RE: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Alan Chan
Well I thought if they made their TM in K mount (not even KA) I would snap one happily. http://www.cosina.co.jp/tm-silver/index.html Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Like this: http://www.photovillage.com/html/vsl43.html _ STOP

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Alan Chan
I'll second that!!! MZ-M is the only camera I must use a 2X magnifier to focus accurately. It is a fine camera otherwise. A pity. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Check the viewfinder specs before buying a ZX-M! It's kinda dark, BUT, it's really small! I can't see a thing through it. Compa

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread ernreed2
Don said: > Check the viewfinder specs before buying a ZX-M! > It's kinda dark, BUT, it's really small! > I can't see a thing through it. > Compared to a Super A it looks like you put a 50/1.4 on the SA and 28/4 on the M. > Even though you had a 50/2 on both! > > If you do want one I'll sell mine

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread edwin
> > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:52:46 -0400 > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New Pentax body from Cosina > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encodin

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread John Francis
> > On 16/7/04, John Mustarde, discombobulated, offered: > > >Actually, the best bargain in a film camera would be a used PZ1p for > >around $300 - 400. > > Crikey, are people still spending this much on a film camera? Heck, a used MZ-S will set you back rather more than that.

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Peter J. Alling
Since Cosina has been supplying K mount cameras to Vivitar for years this comes as no surprise. kim sherman wrote: Apologies if the list has seen this info already. I just saw it on the LUG (Leica Users Group) and wanted to pass it along. No financial interest in Rich Pinto's business, ya da ya d

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
You may be joking but I think it is only a matter of time (years) before Cosina or someone else does just that. Certainly a digital k-mount body would sell really well I think, particularly as Pentax themselves seem intent on either ignoring their own manual focus k-mount clients, or treating t

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 Jul 2004 at 9:53, Mike Nosal wrote: > I don't understand the reason for this - Cosina's recent cameras have been about > filling a niche - affordable Leica screw and M-mount cameras, a modern M42 > camera. But this is just plasticky, ugly and expensive for the features. The only reasoning I

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Don Sanderson
heap! I really can't focus the dang thing. Don -Original message- From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:07:59 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax body from Cosina > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [...] > > > Or,

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Keith Whaley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Or, if you want a new basic plastic camera, somewhat less ugly, the Pentax ZX-M is still on the market; B&H lists it, with a zoom, for a little under that $225. Same "retro" controls and, I believe, same top speed of 1/2000. Guess they're depending on Pentax's inv

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Well used LXs seem to go for about that all the time on ebay, not to mention many many other film bodies. The real money of course is in the lenses, like it always has been. A. On 16 Jul 2004, at 14:52, Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 16/7/04, John Mustarde, discombobulat

RE: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread ernreed2
Kim Sherman posted: > > Apologies if the list has seen this info already. > > I just saw it on the LUG (Leica Users Group) and wanted to pass it along. > > No financial interest in Rich Pinto's business, ya da ya da > > --- > > > > Kobayashi goes "K" with the VSL43: revive those Pentax K lense

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 16/7/04, John Mustarde, discombobulated, offered: > >>Actually, the best bargain in a film camera would be a used PZ1p for >>around $300 - 400. > >Crikey, are people still spending this much on a film camera? I'm now working part-time at a camera store and I c

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Keith Whaley
elig meddelelse- Fra: kim sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. juli 2004 13:00 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: New Pentax body from Cosina Apologies if the list has seen this info already. I just saw it on the LUG (Leica Users Group) and wanted to pass it along. No financial interest

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/7/04, John Mustarde, discombobulated, offered: >Actually, the best bargain in a film camera would be a used PZ1p for >around $300 - 400. Crikey, are people still spending this much on a film camera? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.maca

Re: New Pentax body from Cosina

2004-07-16 Thread John Mustarde
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 06:24:05 -0500, you wrote: >Kinda ugly, but plastic! >$225 buys a VERY nice ME Super, complete with CLA. >Or almost a CLA'd Super A, yeah, yeah, thats the ticket! > >Don > Yeah, but you don't get that incredible rubberized 35-70/3.5-4.8 Macro zoom, ya know... Actually