I don't quite understand why new 35mm bodies are being made at all. Two film makers (that I know of) have stopped making 35mm film and the sales of digital cameras keeps climbing -- and the prices keep coming down. Will good high res film continue to be available? If so I think I ought to get the Wild/Leica Microscope camera out of the cupboard -- where I put it when the *ist D arrived.
Don Bob Shell wrote: > On Jun 30, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > > >> This little guy's been around for a year or two. From the few reviews >> I've read about it, it seems to be mechanically very similar (if not >> identical) to the K-mount bodies offered by Phoenix, Vivitar, >> Promaster, etc. However, the last time I picked up a Promaster >> K-body, IIRC it was made in China or Thailand. The VSL43 is made in >> Japan, so I may be completely wrong about the similarities. The >> reviews do suggest that it has a very nice viewfinder. >> > > It's made by Cosina in Japan. Same innards as some of the Vivitar > SLR cameras. > > The Promaster you saw is a rebadged Seagull from China. > > Bob > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

