Pentax Film Project

DougOB wrote:

James O'Neill wrote:

ogl wrote:

zakaria wrote:

It is very smart. Please Pentax think about releasing manual focus lenses also at good price.

This project i asked for 3 years ago.

very silly move

It really depends on the cost of doing it. If they could put designs from the 1980s back into production, at modest cost, I'm sure there are customers for them. I think there are 5 or 6 lenses in production with aperture rings on them.

It is only an issue if they create a K1000 mk2 or a MX mk2. If it is a Super Program Mk2 or a MZ-S Mk2 the lack of an aperture ring is not an issue.

Well no, you can't use aperture priority on Super Program / Super A or a MZ-5 and various others with without an aperture ring. The MZ-S, the Z1 (or PZ1 depending on the market you're in)  can drive Aperture priority from the body with the lens at 'A' but on a super A you'd need to use Tv or P mode. Obviously you'd hit a problem with SDM motors as well.

I'm assuming the proposed camera will have a KAF4 mount, so will work with SDM and electronic aperture control so will be the first film camera to support the DFA* 50 and 85 and the DFA ltd 21

But I was also thinking if they are going down this path, will the buyers of this new camera want a DFA* 50 for film ? Or would the FA 50 fit their needs better, and if they are going to buy that sort of a lens would selling something like the FA-28 with an HD coating as a new lens suit them and people buying 20,30,or 40 year old film bodies.