Matthew Hunt wrote: >On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The D800E looks like a good landscape tool, despite the ridiculous >> additional cost to practically leave something out. > >I suspect part of the thinking is to make sure that the D800 (non-E) >is the default purchase, so the only people who buy the D800E know >what they're getting into.
In all seriousness, the extra cost of the 800E might be to cover the expense of dealing with aggravation from people who buy it without really knowing what they're getting into. A Pentax rep told me that for a long while the most common reason for Pentax SLRs being sent in for repair was that the customer had taken the lens off the "A" setting and didn't know it (or realize the significance). User error thus became a significant expense. (One reason why aperture rings on lenses have gone away.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
