I would not be surpised that someday somebody makes a M42 DSLR Due to the still tremendous popularity of them particularly the Pentax SMC Takumars. They are some of the finest handling lenses That's for sure. ( not pentax of course ). jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator, part Three (III) On 13/10/06, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I regret having added my name to this silly thread. While I have 10+ > high quality, old K & M lenses, I know how to use them on my DS > digital. > > So I propose a new survey. Why should we stop at asking Pentax to > revive the old K & M lenses. Why don't we ask for the old SMC > screwmount ones too! Surely they could rig something up handle the > old screwmount actuators. And gee, wow, I've got 10+ high quality old > SMC screwmount lenses that would fit right on the camera. I can't > wait to try the SMC 85mm f1.8 screwmount on the next flagship! No, primarily because it's a totally different mount I guess. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
