> Secondly, my comments in that post were made
> on relative cost to develop a M42 DSLR from an existing design, vs
> developing one from scratch. It would not be very complex. Its not
> like this M42 pin actuator mechanism change is a swiss watch or
> something, its fairly basic.
>
> jco
You confuse prototype costs with production costs. One could
certainly hack their K-mount DSLR to mount M42 lenses directly, operate
the aperture pin, and maybe even reverse engineer the software to have
the
camera use it. In reality, you'd need to license the design for
modifying (hardware and software...costing big bucks), or build one from
the ground up (even bigger bucks). Both of which would require physical
production unless you're going to build them one-off in your basement.
Just hacking up a working prototype is a far cry from a
marketable
product.
-Cory
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NO, I wasnt confusing the two, I was taking
both into consideration. Its not a complex
a mechanism to DEVELOP or MFG. Far simpler
than the rest of the camera, which wouldnt
even need changing. No, its not as simple as
the cam sensor for K/M lenses would be, but in
my opinion the benefit of the M42 camera (AUTO
APERTURE) is not minor and far more important
than the K/M aperture sensor would be for K/M
lenses would be for PK DSLR bodies. Its a MAJOR
MAJOR MAJOR flaw to not have autoaperture function,
far worse than limted meter or Lack of AF would
ever be.
jco
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