Sounds to me like you're describing an RD-1. Slap a Pentaprism on it and use an m42 lens mount and you're there, (I expect that Cosina's designs are modular enough that they could do that for you). Hum, the RD-1 sold for about 3K so I'd expect that you'd get the new Manual/Digital SLR for about 5K. Better to use old film cameras. They're available for a song, and you can burn a lot of B&W film for the difference in price...
Mark Roberts wrote: > William Robb wrote: > > >> The only valid arguement I can see for forcing people to learn >> exposure on film is that you can force them to use full manual >> cameras, and force them to learn about light. >> > > Right on, brother! One of the people I tutor in photography would > certainly benefit from this, and I expect this isn't an isolated case. > > If some manufacturer made a DSLR that a real digital equivalent of the > K1000 (manual focus, manual exposure), I expect they'd be able to sell > them to lots of colleges and other places that teach photography > courses. I don't expect it to happen, because I don't think this market > alone would be big enough to support the product. And I can't envision > any other buyers for it because most of the "manualness" would have to > be implemented through software (in order to avoid designing an > entirely new camera from scratch), so it wouldn't cost significantly > less than an equivalent camera with many more bells and whistles. > > Nice idea, but I don't see it happening... :( > > > -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
