HI! Let's see: 16 segment metering and 11 point autofocus. Both are completely new for Pentax. Let me ask you (rhetorically of course :) ), how many bugs are hidden in the newest SAVOX VIII firmware? What about new measuring algorithm?
On the good side though, if *Ist is an entry level camera, then obviously 1/4000 sec shutter becomes a standard which is rather pleasing for number hungry folk... --- Boris Liberman www.geocities.com/dunno57 www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625

