Scott Loveless wrote: >On 6/30/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Just discovered this ... don't think it's been mentioned here before. >>There were some comments recently about nobody making new film cameras ... >>well, here's one that uses K-mount lenses, and which is very small and >>light. >> >>http://www.photovillage.com/html/vsl43.html >> >> >> > >This little guy's been around for a year or two. From the few reviews >I've read about it, it seems to be mechanically very similar (if not >identical) to the K-mount bodies offered by Phoenix, Vivitar, >Promaster, etc. However, the last time I picked up a Promaster >K-body, IIRC it was made in China or Thailand. The VSL43 is made in >Japan, so I may be completely wrong about the similarities. The >reviews do suggest that it has a very nice viewfinder. > > > >
That's because it is the Cosina SLR, which has been sold under a dozen or more names. I have a slightly earlier version in the Ricoh KR-5sv, and a massively earlier variant in the Nikon EM. Plasticky, but pretty decent for a plain manual SLR. It's also the direct ancestor of the excellent Cosina Voightlander rangfinders, as well as the current Zeiss Ikon (The recent rangefinders are metal though). -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
