Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And yet old screw-mount lenses are selling for relatively high prices. See this item at ebay: 290039855648 http://tinyurl.com/yn4h8b I'm guessing that it'll be used on a Pentax digital SLR. Jim Jeffery Smith wrote: > That means he is the 2nd 1000th subscriber. The other one happened when the > numbers were going *down* from 2000. > > I was just considering to myself what Cosina will do next, in light of the > digital influence you mention here. If you were to prohibit digital talk on > the LUG these days, I think the membership might drop to 50. It is sad to > see this happening to 35mm film cameras. If you really want to read the > handwriting on the wall, go to Adorama and try to buy a decent 35mm SLR. > You > have exactly five choices: Nikon, Canon, Leica, Vivitar, and Phoenix (did I > say decent? Then we are down to Nikon, Canon, and Leica). No Pentax, no > Olympus, no Minolta. I tried to buy a 35mm Pentax SLR body a while back. I > finally had to settle for a used Pentax *ist from KEH. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >