Toralf Lund wrote: >>>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.
They're still around, but most of their stuff is made in China too. > >>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. Yep, the FM10 is a Cosina product. The main reason Nikon still sells it is most likely because they know Cosina would start selling under their own name the minute Nikon discontinues it. > > - Toralf > > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
