I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a "digital Bessaflex". Cosina has
already demonstrated their cleverness in reworking basic bodies in
interesting ways.
A digital chassis with the lens mount area designed to accommodate an
assortment of mounts would do the trick. The mounts could be built into
modules and simply plugged into a standardized chassis. A few simple servos
and some firmware could run the mechanical bits as needed. Perfectly
feasible if automation doesn't get any fancier than aperture priority- and
shuttter priority/program functions might not be out of reach. Issues such
as mirror clearance could be avoided by replacing the mirror/pentaprism with
a good "Live View" LCD finder. I expect that in a couple of years costs for
full frame sensors will have dropped enough to make the thing affordable.
The potential user base of classic lenses would be enormous.
Cheers
John Poirier
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From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
Some have been asking for that for a long time. We may yet see a digital
Bessaflex from Cosina, but not in the current economic climate.
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?
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