>> There are of course a couple of other companies that still market >> all-mechanical bodies, but it seems like they are all manufactured (and >> partly designed) by Cosina. Or does anyone know an exception? >> >> Pentax should re-introduce the MX... >> >> - Toralf >> >> >> > > There's also a Chinese company that got the K1000 tooling, they build a > number of cheap K1000 clones in various mounts(including a C/Y mount > version sold by Braun). Crap QC and mostly plastic stuff though. > Ah. I forgot about the Chinese. Yes, I think their cameras may still floating about under all sorts of brand names. Last one I actually saw in a shop was a "Centon K100".
And I've also been wondering if any of the old Soviet manufacturers are still around. Their equipment is sold as new on the net, of course, but it may all be old stock. > Nikon was the last major manufacturer to make a mechanical SLR, the > FM3a, and even then, the excellent 45mm f2.8P pancake lens that was the > kit for it was made by ... Cosina. > Right. Nikon still lists the FM10 as current, by the way, but I gather that this is also a variant of the old Cosina SLR. - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
