You're right. It would be a niche camera for screwmount owners. But it's nothing to get worked up about. Paul On Feb 20, 2007, at 8:41 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> I guess you just dont understand, this would NOT > be for a beginner or someone who wants to buy > lenses off the shelf, this is for someone who > already has or wants to use M42 manual focus > lenses IN PARTICULAR. It wouldnt be for those > other cases at all. I think you are trying > generalize to much, no camera does it all > or is for everyone, and a M42 DSLR would just > be another specific camera designed to do > a specific thing. > > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:15 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > What would be the benefit to someone buying their first DSLR?. Don't > discredit the allure of AF too quickly. People new to photography like > AF, > and they like it a lot. > > Any M42 mount DSLR would only appeal to those who already own a lot of > M42 > lenses. So the limited market for it would either make it an extremely > expensive piece of kit, or very cheap & nasty. > > Also the inability buy a lens on demand is a big minus. Why scour > eBay & > > the second hand stores for the lens you want when you can buy a brand > new > Canon, Nikon or Pentax AF lens? > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > At 09:41 AM 21/02/2007, you wrote: >> An M42 DSLR would not be old technology would it? >> The whole purpose of one would be to use the millions >> of quality M42 lenses in existance with the highest >> degree of technology possible with those lenses. I dont >> think that any new M42 lenses need to be produced, or that >> AF or lack of it, really matters whatsoever. Its to utilize the old >> manual focus M42 lensess already in existance. I do think it will >> happen eventually, because eventually the entire 35mm and smaller SLR >> formats will be nearly all digital and there are just way too many >> good > >> auto aperture M42 lenses to ignore forever. BTW, If you actually >> prefer > >> manual focussing for a lot of situations, and there are many who do, >> manual focus lenses are better than AF lenses for that application >> because Manual focus smoothness had to be seriously compromised to be >> able do AF in AF lenses. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of > >> John Celio >> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:08 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ >> >> >> Although it would be pretty cool if it happened, I don't think an M42 >> dSLR has a snowball's chance in hell of being made. Why? Simple >> answer: old >> >> technology just doesn't sell well. Modern consumers want >> convenience, >> and as far as cameras go, that means full automation, including >> autofocus. Those of us with an appreciation for the past are too >> few in > >> number to make >> an M42 dSLR camera profitable. >> >> And really, the bottom line here is "profitable." >> >> I could give more reasons, if you'd like, but don't take this as an >> "it's a stupid idea!" response. I think it'd be pretty cool, as I >> said, just not >> economically feasible. >> >> John >> >> -- >> http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260086611089 >>> >>> It seems the Pentax M42 quality lens market is still very strong and > >>> getting even stronger lately. I have never seen one of these sell >>> for over $400 until now. ( I bought my first one for $100 in '88 ) >>> Could you imagine what would happen to this SMCT market if somebody >>> did produce a auto aperture supporting M42 DSLR? >>> >>> jco > > > -- > 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
