Note that's just a very slight variation of a camera they make for certain other makers (The Nikon FM10 in particular). In fact it's just a Ricoh KR-5sv with a different name silkscreened on the front and a different top cap.
And they likely do make a decent amount off lens sales in K mount, since they sell a number of K mount lenses (Including that crappy 35-70, the excellent CV SLII series and some others like the 100/3.5 macro and their 19-35 f3.5-4.5). But for the most part they're simply taking advantage of an already running production line for a camera that paid back its R&D costs in the 1980's (The Cosina SLR is a direct descendant of the Yashica FX-3 and Nikon EM). This camera is primarily marketed to photography students. -Adam On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:37 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cosina seems to make a nice profit selling cameras like the Voigtlander > VSL43 <http://www.mpex.com/browse.cfm/4,11241.htm>. I doubt they make a lot > of after market lens sales on that body. In fact the only reason I can see > to buy on is if you have a supply of used K mount lenses and don't trust the > used market.for cameras. (Personally I'd look for a nice lightly used MX, > but hey I'm a traditionalist). > > John Francis wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
