Not when there's no competition. Whoever puts out the first M42 DSLR will have no competition, so that gives them at least some leeway on pricing.
JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 08:23:11PM -0800, John Poirier wrote: > I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a "digital Bessaflex". Cosina > has > already demonstrated their cleverness in reworking basic bodies in > interesting ways. [ . . . ] > The potential user base of classic lenses would be enormous. That last sentence is probably the biggest argument against any such thing (just as in the case of the putative M42 DSLR in the title of this thread). If the body isn't going to lead to additional sales of lenses (which are usually significantly more profitable than the body) that means that the way for the manufacturer to make money is by charging more for the body. But the more the body costs the fewer people are likely to buy it. -- 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.
