But you could make a bloody small camera with a still much larger than
P&S sensor. Unfortunately Oly/Panny have already gone there with Micro
4/3rds.
-Adam
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The big problem with a 110-sized DSLR is that small sensors suck. End of
> story.
> Paul
> On Nov 21, 2008, at 4:03 PM, John Celio wrote:
>
>>> More demand for Auto110 lens usage than M42?
>>> Shirley,You cant be serious.
>>
>> I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
>>
>> It actually has nothing to do with the lenses and everything to do with
>> size.
>>
>> These days, consumers want small, smaller and smallest. Back in 2002,
>> when I started selling cameras, people were amazed at how small the
>> little digital P&S cams were, but still wanted something smaller ("I
>> want pocket-size" was something we heard a lot). When the Pentax Optio
>> S came out, we sold boatloads of them because it really was pocket
>> sized, and nothing else came close.
>>
>> dSLRs follow the same trend, as can be seen in the Km/K2000, the latest
>> Rebels and the smaller Olympus bodies. Then you have Micro 4/3rds,
>> which is even smaller yet (though whether you can call them SLR cameras
>> is debatable, IMO).
>>
>> I would bet real money that if you had an M42 dSLR and an Auto110 dSLR
>> and presented them to consumers, the latter would sell like hotcakes
>> while the former would sell maybe a crate and then rot in a warehouse
>> somewhere. Consumers (that is, the people who actually provide the
>> profits that keep companies afloat, as opposed to enthusiasts like
>> yourself who mostly spend money on used equipment) will not buy a large
>> camera that lacks modern conveniences. I will admit that the Auto110
>> also lacks features, but it would be much easier to add autofocus, for
>> instance, to a bayonet-based lens system compared to a threaded system.
>>
>> My point is, using the Auto110 as a basis for a new dSLR would make an
>> awful lot more sense than M42 for reasons of size, convenience, size,
>> cost and size. Did I mention size?
>>
>> Neither camera will likely ever exist, though. There are not enough
>> people who would buy an M42 camera, and Pentax probably doesn't have the
>> funds to ressurrect Auto110 on a gamble that it might make money.
>>
>>
>> Note to Pentax: if you do ever make an Auto110 camera, I want credit. ;)
>>
>> John Celio
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