They did say "made to order". Tells me that it would take practically nothing to pull a unit's body off the assembly line and send it through the paint shop for a day. One would have to think that it would need a conversion coat, 2 coats of the red, and one or 2 clear coats to look like the depth and color in the photo.
It's only one part of the camera that gets the paint. Having shot two Porsches in lacquer 30 years ago, and watch the paint chip off when torsional forces tweaked the panels, or placing a tool on it with less than a prayer, I don't think I'd buy one, to use. Maybe to put in the display case. They will probably send a unit to each of their high end camera stores around the world, and see what happens. "Only in Japan" says there will be lots of sales through Japanese dealers to collectors all over the world. Who will have to ask for or pay for an International Warranty, invalid in the USA. On Jul 14, 2011, at 13:08 , Bob Sullivan wrote: > I think 20 or whatever will not be a tough number to make. > If I had a couple of consulting jobs fall into place... > Regards, Bob Tempted > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 13 July 2011 23:36, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Darren, >>> No functionality problems. >>> They are just trying to control demand by only releasing in Japan. >>> Regards, Bob S. >> >> I'd say they're trying to assess demand, just like they did initially >> with the 645D itself. If they sell more than 20 in Japan they'll start >> taking orders in the rest of the World. Joseph McAllister [email protected] “ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” — Kevan Olesen -- 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.
