> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/21 Wed PM 12:50:48 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > I'm sure that Cosina is already working on it. I don;t expect the > modules to be user, replaceable, but a factory modification. If they > were user replaceable you'd destroy the camera industry...
You don't think the destruction is already in progress? > > mike wilson wrote: > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > > 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
