The body's decent for performance but cheaply built. The zoom is a coke bottle I wouldn't pay $5 for. I used to own the Ricoh version of this body (in fact, my KR-5sv was my first K mount body back in 2005).
-Adam On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I doubt that they sell any CV SLII lenses to put on this little lump of > plastic. I expect that they might sell a few of these bodies as a backup. > That crappy little zoom and the camera body sell for $150.00 as a kit. So > if the body is any good the lens is really crappy, or vice versa. > Adam Maas wrote: >> >> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
