John, you are never going to be happy with digital photography. I think you need to come to grips with that. There will never be an M42 dSLR for one simple reason: it would not be profitable. Camera companies make the majority of their profits on lenses and accessories, and with "millions" of M42 lenses available used and in good condition (as you claim), any new lenses would be passed over for the much cheaper used stuff. A new M42 camera system would thus not generate enough new lens & accessory sales to turn a profit, and the company making it would fail.
Besides, for the last decade the market has been shifting to more electronic control and less mechanical stuff, such as the parts needed to perform the auto features you so desperately want. One would be hard pressed to convince current and future camera buyers that a camera based on technolgy from 50 years ago is in any way superior to modern designs. I'm sorry, but your opinions and desires are not shared by enough people to turn your dream camera(s) into reality. John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- 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.
