On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:36 -0800, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 5:46 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > > > I'll be curious to see if Pentax maintains three levels of body > > prices, i.e., Kx, Kr, K5. > > Unless they can make money on the Kr for the price of the Kx, they > should. The Kx is an amazing camera for the price. Hell, it's pretty > amazing all the way around. IMNSHO Pentax should sell as many as they > can, for as little as they can, just to bring people into the fold. > > The Kr costs a bit more, and you pay a premium for the features, but it's > still a good deal and it addresses the major shortcomings of the Kx > (focus points and feel). The K5 is a damned nice aps flagship. >
A shortcoming that isn't addressed (I think) is the lack of a wired remote port. It was on the previous 'entry level' models and it's disappointing that it's missing on the Kx/Kr. Not an issue that would force me upmarket, but it's something I would sorely miss. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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.
