> After reading this whole thread, I have to ask: How soon are you > likely to die?
Mark! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Cymen Vig > Sent: 21 November 2008 22:01 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM, JC OConnell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Man, I would die for a basic M42 DSLR at this point. > > After reading this whole thread, I have to ask: How soon are you > likely to die? In my opinion, one day building a digital camera from > close to scratch will no longer be particularly expensive. Sensors > will settle down so what you build today is not obsolete in 9-13 > months. At that point: > > 1) You will likely get a chance to buy an M42 DSLR. If no manufacturer > makes it, a few from the hordes of engineers who are growing up on the > Internet will. So perhaps no support but community support may be > enough. We are already seeing changes in how small runs of products > are made. The demand for bespoke hardware and electronics is high. The > focus now is on bespoke hardware and mass produced hardware. There is > little between and a lot of improvement to be made in the bespoke > hardware market. > > 2) There is little point in salvaging a broken DSLR right now and > trying to mate it to an m42 body. Those saying JC should do this are > not being reasonable. Putting your money where your mouth is means, to > me, getting a body manufacturer (Cosina?) to agree to a steady supply > of bodies, getting a sensor manufacture to commit to providing sensors > and putting all the electronics worked out. Mating a broken DSLR to an > m42 body is a dead end. How many more broken DSLRs are you going to > find and how much time are you going to spend figure out what is > broken, adjusting to slight changes in even the same DSLR depending on > when it was made or drastic changes to new bodies, etc... > > (in #2, I use you in a theoretical stance not meaning any > specific person) > > I hope you get your M42 DSLR one day just like I hope I get a K mount > camera that (uhoh!) fully supports the lenses and is full frame. > Statistically, I have a while before I die but I lack patience so my > current view is to settle for full-frame with a used Canon 5D (as the > 5D II drives down prices). > > Finally, while I agree Pentax and Nikon did spend time making > non-current lenses compatible with their bodies how much of this do > you think was simply to convince those that had already brought into > their systems to stay with them in digital land (and then sell them > hordes of current lenses). I would wager that those who prefer to use > m42, old K mount (K, M series), and other non-current lenses most of > the time are a very small part of the market. > > Cymen "who is doped up on some good drugs after wisdom teeth > surgery so..." Vig > > -- > 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.
