Roland wrote: The MZ-50 was Pentax first attemp in the low end SLR field, and this was actually a Dynax 303 competitor with manual features!
I'm happy that Pentax leaves the absolute low-end SLR field and begins a little step higher. REPLY: I believe you're right. I don't think the bottom of the barrel market is profitable. It only sells on price, possible at the expense of more profitable products; products where the user will add profitable acessories like lenses and equipmnet. This segment is probably an expensive way of buying marketshare but with little brand loyality and spin-off. Besides, I think the *ist in due course will approach a $200 price effectively competing with the utter entry level. P�l
