FID (Film is Dead)

[P. J. Alling]

Sounds to me like you're describing an RD-1.  Slap a Pentaprism on it 
and use an m42 lens mount and you're there, (I expect that Cosina's 
designs are modular enough that they could do that for you).  Hum, the 
RD-1 sold for about 3K so I'd expect that you'd get the new 
Manual/Digital SLR for about 5K.  Better to use old film cameras.  
They're available for a song, and you can burn a lot of B&W film for the 
difference in price...

Mark Roberts wrote:
> William Robb wrote:
>
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>> The only valid arguement I can see for forcing people to learn 
>> exposure on film is that you can force them to use full manual 
>> cameras, and force them to learn about light.
>>     
>
> Right on, brother! One of the people I tutor in photography would 
> certainly benefit from this, and I expect this isn't an isolated case. 
>
> If some manufacturer made a DSLR that a real digital equivalent of the 
> K1000 (manual focus, manual exposure), I expect they'd be able to sell 
> them to lots of colleges and other places that teach photography 
> courses. I don't expect it to happen, because I don't think this market 
> alone would be big enough to support the product. And I can't envision 
> any other buyers for it because most of the "manualness" would have to 
> be implemented through software (in order to avoid designing an 
> entirely new camera from scratch), so it wouldn't cost significantly 
> less than an equivalent camera with many more bells and whistles.
>
> Nice idea, but I don't see it happening... :(
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-- 
The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park':
In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct.
The other is a film.
  -- Unattributed