This is a Bessa R body. I initially thought this was a photoshop job, simply because the Bessa body only has one lever on the front. However, Cosina also manufactures a variation of this body for Rollei with no levers at all on the front. Considering that Pentax supposedly got a patent on a rangefinder, it's certainly conceivable that Cosina built a customized Bessa R for them. I'm guessing that it's a screw mount body - hence the short production 43 LTD with 39mm thread. Since they've not made any more of those lenses, I would say that the Pentax Nocta is currently a pipe dream at best. Just go buy a Voigtlander. It's nice that they revived the old Nocta name, even it was DOA.
On 8/5/05, Michel Carrère-Gée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > keithw a écrit : > > > I recently read where Pentax had taken out a patent (or patents) on a > > rangefinder camera. Maybe in 2004? > > Does anyone know if this will ever come to fruition? > > Why now? Very interesting... > > > > Are they really planning to bring out a rangefinder film camera? > > > > Now THAT would be interesting! At least to this old rangefinder > > aficionado... > > > > keith > > > The pic: > > http://www.geocities.com/matt_byrd/Nocta.jpg > > True, false, made in Photoshop ?? > > Michel > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
