Your M42 DSLR is/was here: http://tinyurl.com/5sa2ht
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:47 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
