Whoever's quoting $2000 for the K20D kit is a crook. I paid considerably less for my K20D body at release.
In any case, I'd say sink most of your camera budget into new glass. Bodies come & go. Cheers, Dave 2008/5/30 Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:47:00 -0400, "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> >> Given those costs (God, Aussie prices are bad), > > > > Tell me about it.... > > With the Aussie dollar now approaching parity with the US dollar, a > straight conversion would make the K20D with kit lens about $A1380. > Even allowing for the vagaries of economics, it's difficult to > understand where the additional $A600 goes..... > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney, Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > OK, Thanks. >> > >> > I'll have to take another look at the specs although the buffer isn't a >> > major limitation to me. >> > >> > I expect to be buying towards the end of the life cycle of the current >> > models so (hopefully) the price factor might not be so significant by >> > then. At the moment the Australian price for a K20D with kit lens >> > (which I don't need) is around $A2000 compared with the 200D at $A1200 >> > with the same lens. That's enough to make me want to consider the >> > options carefully. >> > >> > I know the viewfinder is an issue as well although I've used by son's DL >> > and didn't find it noticeably different to my DS. >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Brian >> > >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > Brian Walters >> > Western Sydney Australia >> > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ >> > >> > >> > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software > or over the web > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
