On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:40:19PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > > > On 4/8/2012 6:04 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Although a live EBay item, I doubt anyone here is watching it. It's > > > already been passed in once and it's BIN. > > > > > > Described as a 'copy camera' it's obviously based on the A3/A3000 and > > > it's mirrorless with the viewfinder blanked off. It doesn't look > > like > > > it's a home made modification but it also doesn't look like something > > > Pentax would have knocked up. Does anyone have a clue on how it's > > > supposed to work? > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190660673932 > > > > > > > > It kind of reminds me of the special ME medical body. I thought there > > was a photo of one on Boz's page but I checked and couldn't find it. > > That also looked sort of unfinished to me but it was an actual product. > > I expect it would have been used on a stand with a fixed-focus lens in an > unvariable set-up. Leica made a few odd little variations of Ms along those > lines - no viewfinder.
Some 25+ years ago I was playing with computer-driven film recorders that could use either a 35mm body, two different polaroid backs, or a variety of cine cameras. I believe there was a module that used a Pentax body. -- 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.
