Cosina already does this and has for about 30 years, with their film bodies.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > 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... > > 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 >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
