Peter,
Do you have any more info then the $10,000 AUD (=$5198 USD) mentioned
recently?
What would you consider a fair price? If it's like the MZ-S price, I'll get
myself a MZ-D. That might take years though. Sigh.
Frits W�thrich (with umlaut: yes!)
Peter Spiro wrote:
> I have become a convert to the virtues of digital photography, having
> recently purchased a Fuji Finepix 4700 point and shoot digital (see my
> thoughts at http://ca.geocities.com/spirope/filmvsdigital.htm)�It would
> certainly be nice to have a Pentax SLR with interchangeable
> K-mount�lenses (especially wide angle).�However, the prices the camera
> companies are charging� the "early adopters" for digital SLRs is
> extortionate.�� Consider that Pentax can make a good MZ body to sell for
> $300, and a reasonably good 2.1 megapixel point and shoot (including 3X
> zoom lens) for $400.�� You would think it's a pretty simple matter to
> throw away the motor from the SLR, put in the electronics of the digital,
> and sell the result for $700 or less (after all, they are leaving out the
> motor and the zoom lens).�� But no, they want to charge thousands of
> dollars!�� Pentax should get ahead of the pack for once and recapture
> some market share by introducing its digital SLR at a reasonable price.�
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