Then the aperture sensing cam must be about a dollar part, not ten because many $150 cameras had it.
Secondly, even if the cam made the istD SELL for a $100 more, it would be well worth it in terms of value added TO ME and would pay for itself on the first good K/M lens it restored full function to. JCO -----Original Message----- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! only $10 at the assembly line means only $100 at the sales counter. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:04 AM Subject: Re: istDs - what a great camera! > When manufacturing anything, there are a million decisions to be made > on > what to put in and what to leave out. The fact that "it's only $10.00" is > not a good argument in itself, because if you go down that road, there are > dozens of other things that are "only $10.00" and soon you've got a $5,000 > camera.

