NO, YOU ARE JUST CLUELESS TO THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SUPERB M42 LENSES MADE BY PENTAX AND OTHERS. But if the auto aperture feature is not supported on any DSLRS it cripples them FUBAR from a user standpoint. If supported these lense are pleasure and easy to use and offer incredible image quality and value, but you wouldnt know that. See clueless above.
JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:26 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? Something tells me that you should have started complaining about the lack of this feature when the K-series cameras came out, and would not operate M-42 lenses with their auto-aperture. IF you'd been able to convince Pentax or some other maker to retain this anachronistic feature in their 70s cameras, it might still be around. But at this juncture, you are lost, a fart in the winds of change. Might I suggest you take a night course that would allow you to design a digital back for your Spotmatic. Probably pretty easy to do if the electronics were housed in a gutted motor drive unit and attached to the bottom of the camera. Replace the pressure plate with a sensor and shaker from a K10D. Glue a 2.5" LCD to the back of the camera. Battery pack in your pocket. Hey, you might not need those mercury cells anymore! Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Nov 20, 2008, at 16:07 , JC OConnell wrote: > Huh? The whole point of a M42 DSLR is to get the convenience of the > M42 automatic aperture function which WAS invented over 50 years ago. > There is no M42 DSLR or DSLR adapter on the market that enables the > M42 lenses to operate fully (yet). That's my point. This M42 DSLR > would fill a demand that already exists, not create a new one or > expect buyers starting from scratch to use M42 bodies and lenses > althought there could be a good argument to do that too. Its nothing > more than a better M42 camera to use the > massive quantity of M42 lenses ALREADY in circulation. > Necessity is the mother of invention... -- 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.
