Here's my best paraphrase:
There has not been much demand for the existing adaptors - M42-Sigma sold
80, only 10 outside Japan. His reasoning is that if he can only sell 10
worldwide for the most widely available lenses, what hope is there for the
more obscure (such as OM). And it cost $6000 to develop that M42 adaptor.
So, since the cost per piece varies with the volums produced, the minimum
run practical is 100.
A one-off will cost $500
A run of 50 will cost $60 each
A run of 100 will cost $40 each
A run of 1000 might cost $10 each
And so far the planned Nikon adaptor is on hold, because he needs to sell
off some of his remaining 60 M42 inventory. He is worried that having sold
80, he has saturated the market - perhaps only 80 Sigma SD9 were made?
The M42 adaptor was designed by the retired manfacturing chief for the Nikon
F, using the same kind of facilities used by Nikon to make test samples, and
is at the same level of quality.
Piers
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