> > >I'm wondering if something else is afoot. It seems unlikely to >me that Pentax would spend such an effort to create a new body >that's only 4% less in price, but with some significant >feature differences. > >Perhaps they're planning on eliminating the DS and D, and >introducing two new bodies: one ~$1,000+ 8MP body with the >features of the DS and another even higher up the ladder, say >$2,000+, with more "pro" like features similar to the "MZ-D"?
Might be just pecularities of European pricing, combined with initial high price for a new model. In one of online shops in Slovenia *isD is available for $1025 (EUR 849) while they ask $1003 (EUR 830) for isdDs. That's even more absurd. DL is not listed yet. Cheers, Leon
