Originally posted by Lowell Goudge I think that either serious photographers are hoarding (Can't be me, I only have 45 lenses or so, and definitely can't be Rio Rico with 200+ lenses
) or the rest of the world as you put it have caught on to the idea too.
Hoarding,
moi? I'm a piker compared to others here and elsewhere. And some are only 'hoarded' because they ain't worth selling. Yet. I should disclose that my pile is about 2/3 camera lenses, and 1/3 enlarger-copy-projector-MF-etc stuff that I use on bellows. (I log the Raynox and TCs as lenses, but exclude 'filter' lenses.)
Originally posted by bdery Does my K20D's "hyper-program" work? Because I always use that, seeing as it gives me instant Tv or Av
Hay, even my now-old (ca.2004) fave P&S lets me jump almost instantly between the equivalent of Green, P, Tv, Av, and M. (Sv is buried a menu.) Even P&S dweebs can get serious, eh?
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Now, let's assume that certain market forces actually work (without undue coersion, corruption, manipulation, etc) and that supply+demand has real-world implications. A rising demand for MF lenses *should* provoke production of more. Samyang is tapping-into that demand with quality lenses. But there's still room for even more budget producers. Why aren't Chinese factories pouring out floods of simple glass? Time-tested designs, out of patent, preset apertures, in at least M42-PK-N/AI-EOS mounts, no problem. Where are the entrepreneurs?