On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1007/10072800pentaxk7firmware.asp > > Looks like this will be the end of it.
I think a new camera is on the horizon, perhaps somewhat distant, but the firmware upgrade is irrelevant. I guess I don't understand your leap to that conclusion. Paul > > Amazon.de now lists the K-7 at 869 euros, some other online shops are > down to 840. Various Pentax premium resellers OTOH have no more K-7 in > stock. Theyr'e still sitting on heaps of unsaleable K20D and they'll > certainly not order any more K-7 only to see them flogged off by places > like Alpafoto of Neuwied for 699 in a few weeks. > > Pentax-Hoya are proactively chasing away their premium dealers. Well, > it's their party... > > Currently, used K-7 go for around 700 euros on ebay.de. That'll come > down real fast to 500 once people will have learned about the new prices > and the upcoming replacement model. Those who need the money from the > sale of their K-7 to finance the next model will have to act fast now. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > 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.
