I think you are grossly underestimating the quantity of M42 lenses still in existance. They were sold in massive quantities in the 60's and 70's and were generally well made and simple. Hint: theyre still out there and alive and well. The pentax M42s in particular are of very high quality too.
JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:02 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? And, I'm sure, for a significantly cheaper price than a camera that will only appeal to a tiny fraction of the market for a regular DSLR. Less may or may not be more, but it's certainly going to cost more. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:51:17PM -0500, PN Stenquist wrote: > But you can do that with a current DSLR. Just put it in manual focus > and > manual exposure modes and turn off the review. I sometimes work that way. > > I cut my photographic teeth 35 years ago with all manual equipment. Im > not particular nostalgic about those times, and I don't gush about old > manual equipment. But I do enjoy working that way once in a while. No > special camera needed. It's all there in any of the Pentax DSLRs. > Paul > On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:21 PM, drew wrote: > >> Scott Loveless wrote: >>> On 11/19/08, drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Shame really, I would love a simple match needle or LED DSLR... no >>>> screen, >>>> no "modes", just the basics. Set your film speed, W/B, aperture >>>> and shutter >>>> speed. Personally I wouldn't want a built in flash, I never had a >>>> problem >>>> using an accessory flash with the little look up chart on the back >>>> ;-) >>> Retro-digital? >> >> Yup, a Zenit 12XP or Spotmatic with a digital sensor instead of >> film....no chimping, no fiddling around with menus to find some >> obscure setting that in reality makes no difference to the end result, >> no modes to shoot pictures of protons colliding in a particle >> accelerator, no frown and facial recognition, nothing... just the skill >> of the user to make a picture... :-) >> >> Drew. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
