you dont understand, the lenses create the market/need for the body, you dont have to convince the person who would buy this camera to buy it, they already would want it. At least anyone with extensive experience with M42 lenses would.
Regarding the mechanism, its very simple, no more complex than the mechanism already in the K mount DSLRs or Nikon' DSLRs. Its not some advanced form of automation like todays lenses and bodies are doing, its a simple plate that pushes a pin when the shutter fires. Many many cheap cameras had this plate so its not as expensive to implement as you make it sound. Its not that I am unhappy with DSLRs on the market, Its that I am unhappy I cant get a M42 body in addition to the bodies I already have. JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? John, you are never going to be happy with digital photography. I think you need to come to grips with that. There will never be an M42 dSLR for one simple reason: it would not be profitable. Camera companies make the majority of their profits on lenses and accessories, and with "millions" of M42 lenses available used and in good condition (as you claim), any new lenses would be passed over for the much cheaper used stuff. A new M42 camera system would thus not generate enough new lens & accessory sales to turn a profit, and the company making it would fail. Besides, for the last decade the market has been shifting to more electronic control and less mechanical stuff, such as the parts needed to perform the auto features you so desperately want. One would be hard pressed to convince current and future camera buyers that a camera based on technolgy from 50 years ago is in any way superior to modern designs. I'm sorry, but your opinions and desires are not shared by enough people to turn your dream camera(s) into reality. John Celio -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- 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.
