Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We sell the MZ-6, F65 and Rebel Ti for about $500 CAN. We sell the >MZ-60, F55 and Rebel 2000 for $380-$400 CAN. The MZ-60 with the new >FA-J lens will sell for about $350 CAN.
The *ist is a competitor for the Canon Elan 7 and Nikon N-75 rather than the entry level Rebel 2000 and N-55. It essentially replaces both the ZX-7 (production stopped recently) and the ZX-5n (production stopped a while back). >There is no way that the *ist will sell for $350 CAN with a lens in the >forseeable future, and there is no way that Pentax will abandon that >market segment. True. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

