What the heck are you talking about?, of course this camera will not get produced unless its profitable to produce it, but there is a already market need for one, its just a matter of when it will become profitable to make one. there is no rush, these lenses are already about 25-45 years old and still ticking, they are not going to disappear anytime soon. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Farr Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ But "They" just don't want to make the camera you want, it's not in "Their" interests. Sad for you and all the other M42 fans, but that what big business does, looks after itself instead of the little guys. regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:44 AM Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > I think you are seriously overestimating the > difficulty in producing/devloping a M42 DSLR, the only signifigant > difference from a K100D would be a screw thread flange instead of a K > flange and a M42 pin actuator instead of the k lens > lever actuator. Nearly all of the remaining > hardware would be the same and the software/firmware > would be mostly deleting existing features M42 couldnt > do. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Cory Papenfuss > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:33 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: 85mm f1.8 SMCT on ebay : $400+ > > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I wasnt discussing price, but if you already > > have the lenses or want to buy high quality M42 > > lenses, the higher cost of the body is offset > > in the system context because the lenses are > > much lower cost ( or no extra cost if you > > already have them ) than brand new or recent pentax or canon or > > nikon lenses in most cases. > > > > Yes, low production, high cost electronics items are "rare" but > > still do exist. None of my audio gear for example, is mass produced > > but I still got them. Look at full frame DSLRs or the new Leica > > digital RF. I would not expect a M42 DSLR to be as cheap as a K100D > > of course. > > > > jco > > > I really doubt adding another '0' to the price of a K100D would be > able to make it a cost-effective design. Even if everybody who wanted > one > and was willing to pay for it (that'd be you and maybe 10 other people > on > the planet), it'd probably have to cost $20K to make back the > engineering > costs. > > It's a similar thing to aircraft avionics. What amounts to > basically a well-built CB radio costs $2500 new. A similar model > costs $1000 for a used one that's 25 years old. The few companies who > produce these low-volume devices charge a lot more than what they > would if they were commodity. In some cases (like portable GPS's), > for almost identical hardware to a consumer-grade on that costs 1/10th > the price. > > -Cory > > -- > > ********************************************************************** > ** > * > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA > * > * Electrical Engineering > * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University > * > ************************************************************************ > * > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
