> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/21 Wed AM 03:43:58 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > 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.
_That_ is a superb idea. Pity it's not possible to patent ideas. Might be worth you contacting, say, Tamron before someone steals it from you. > > 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 > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
