It might not be that small a niche if it were designed correctly it could be build to cater to a number of "classic" lenses. A simple change of the front module and you have a "Classic" FD lens mount DSLR, Classic OM, Classic K, Classic MD, etc. as well as the Classic M42 DSLR. When you consider all of the orphan lens systems, most of them with quite good optics, you have quite a potential market.
David Savage wrote: > At 10:41 AM 21/02/2007, 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. >> > > No, I understood. That's why I said "Any M42 mount DSLR would only appeal > to those who already own a lot of M42 lenses" > > >> 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. >> > > The thing is the market for one would be so small a niche, the cost of one > will be very high. > > And high cost, low volume is rare in (electronics) manufacturing in this > day and age. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > >> -----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 >> > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
