On 03.3.10 5:21 PM, "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm beginning to strongly suspect a bit of translation/terminology > confusion going on here. What was originally meant in Japanese may not > have properly come through in English. If $300 is the cheapest body to > be sold in the US, then Pentax is dropping the biggest part of their > market. I doubt that this is the case. I have not checked any pricing in the U.S. (it was a long time ago when I even peeked into B&H site last time, but in Japan, *ist is touted as Canon Kiss (Rebel) and Minolta Alpha Sweet fighter (or even killer). The pricing in Japan certainly indicates so (I checked it). Mind you, there are several incarnations in both C/M offering (which I lost track of anyway, and have little interest to follow it up now), and only the latest models are compared. I do not know what sort of pricing is prevailing in the U.S. Perhaps some of the models in its near end of life or obsolete models are being sold. Perhaps someone can shed a light. Anyway, *ist is welcomed with quite a fanfare in Japan. Cheers, Ken
