Sure. That's why we see new film-based cameras being made to take FD lenses.
There are thousands of cameras available that will allow people to use K/M lenses "as they were intended to be used". That doesn't involve auto-focus, and it doesn't involve digital sensors. The market for non-auto-focus digital cameras isn't large enough to tempt anybody; there's more money to be made catering to larger market segments. > As DSLR's become more and more common over the years, I think it will be > inevitable that somebody, if not Pentax, will produce a DSLR that can use > the K/M lenses as they were intended to be used. M42 lenses are so > plentiful > that maybe someone will eventually make a DSLR for those too. Who knows we > might even > see bodies for Canon FD and minolta MD lenses which were orphaned when those > companies changed their mounts for AF. If they did a M42 full framed DSLR > in the 10Mp range, I would have a very hard time NOT buying one. > > JCO > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Apilado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: screw mount lens > > > The M42 mount was the greatest mount ever conceived. A new camera body > taking that mount is now being produced. Aren't there new K mount cameras > being produced today as well? Perhaps some manufacturer is looking at > producing a digital K mount that will be compatible with all of the K mount > lenses ever produced by Pentax and other makes. Perhaps Pentax is looking > over its shoulder at potential competition that could rob it of past and > future customers. > > Jim A. > > > From: "Larry Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:39:25 -0700 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: screw mount lens > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:39:26 -0500 > > > > Shel wrote: > > > >> And didn't someone write that the Super Tak screw mount lenses were > > entirely > >> workable when used stopped down to the working aperture? > > > > Yes, they are. I have an ist D and use them all the time. Again, set > manual > > focus, Aperture Priority, stop the lens down and shoot away. Works great. > > > > Larry from Prescott > > >
