I don't follow you. If I were new to photography, and wanted to start out with a DSLR, I might look seriously at the Olympus E-1 because of its price compared to the *ist D that would be priced about $800 more.
Jim A. > From: Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 13:02:14 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Olympus E-1 in NYT > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 13:00:24 -0400 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Olympus Optical Company, plans in October to release its E-1 digital > S.L.R. camera, which is expected to sell for less than 100,000 yen > ($847.17), making it the cheapest digital S.L.R. camera on the market." > > I suspect this would greatly enhance *ist D sales (if Pentax actually > releases it), especially to the new customers that don't have older > Pentax lenses. Those with older Pentax lenses were already taken care of > with the new lens mount. > > The more you look at it, the wiser Pentax seems to be. > > cheers, > caveman >
