It's the new DA L kit lens, not the mechanically better DA or DA II version which are the ones which go for $100. Plastic mount, no hood and no QSF, same optics as the DA II and WR versions though.
-Adam On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > It begins to sound like you should get the body with the kit lens, those > usually sell for about $100 on ebay. So you'll come out ahead. > > On 5/1/2010 12:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Our major crack house, Henrys Cameras, has the body only about $20 >> less than with the kit lens. >> >> Dave >> >> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeffery Smith<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Figures. >>> >>> On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a >>>>> colored body with the zoom lens? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Marketing. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a >>>>> colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as >>>>> it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own. >>>>> >>>>> Jeffery >>>>> >>>>> On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2010/5/1 William Robb<[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The what????? >>>>>>> Stick with ballparks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like >>>>>> a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO >>>>>> 6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from >>>>>> overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jostein >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >>>>>> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 >>>> Courier New;}} >>>> \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and >>>> the interface subtly weird.\par >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
