I see what you are saying, Bruce, but I think you are overstating things a bit. There is a fundamental difference between your entry level kit being announced (with kit lens) for $679 and eventually coming down to around $500 (as they did with the K-x: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2009/9/17/pentaxkx ) and an entry level camera that is introduced at a price point right at your current flagship (the K-5 actual selling price) where people have to ask "which should I get the K-5 or the K-30?" The K-30 was announced at $879 with kit lens. I'm sure the K-30 will come down over time, but I doubt that it will ever reach the earlier entry level camera selling prices (K200D, K2000D, K-m, K-x, K-r). To do so it would have to be discounted an *extra* $200 over what the K-x was. THAT's what I'm decrying. They've give up the Good, Better, Best model in APS-C-land and now only offer the Better & Best. Removing that lower threshold entry point is going to eliminate a lot of potential Pentaxians.
And I base that on the indicators given by my Pentax Dealer. Now that may simply mean that the word hasn't come down the pike yet (and I'm wondering what the heck became of the rumored multi-colored "K-z", which sounded like the successor to the K-x/K-r. Unless that was all based on someone's imagination and/or was a hoax. It sounded reasonable to me, that they would not give up that price point in the market. There are still crappy Canon and Nikon entry level models Pentax could beat performance/features-wise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
