Originally posted by reh321 I thought we were talking about the same thing - I was thinking that resurrecting an old mechanical SLR might be a shortcut for a company wanting to design a DSLR starting from nothing.
And they would start from... what? They wouldn't be able to reuse
anything from that old mechanical SLR. That inexpensive digital LX? Won't happen, sorry.
We're discussing the scenario in which Pentax would have failed to maintain the K-mount line, and someone else would succeed starting something similar (thus at a higher expense).
Or is it about making the equivalent of a Holga? The worst made DSLR money can buy? Being so much more complex than a Holga, would it explode when you try to take a picture?
Let's be realistic and appreciate Pentax' expertise at making DSLRs (and lenses, ofc). This isn't easily replicated
at any cost; and much less so if you're cheap.