Quoting Larry Colen <[email protected]>:
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 08:12:29AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
Godfrey is right in that selling a good camera with a crap kit lens
is a stupid way to go - I
Pairing the K-3 with the 18-135 will guarantee that you never need to use
the anti-aliasing function.
Seriously though, they could pair it with the 16-50/2.8, but even with deep
discounts that would raise the cost by $1,000. I don't know how bad the
18-135 is, but the 18-55 was surprisingly good for a kit lens.
I have no problem at all with the 18-135. I took it around the USA
with me and used it regularly. As a weatherproof, all-purpose zoom
it's fine.
It certainly meets my standards but maybe my standards are a tad lower
than most...
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
I suspect that the 18-135 WR will outperform the vast majority of people
who buy the kit. It will give them a weather sealed camera with a
focal length
range that will cover the vast majority of their needs out of the box.
From there, people can fill in with special purpose primes or zooms
as their needs dictate. I hope that they pair the camera with special
rebates on lenses, similar to the discount on the kit lens.
I wonder what they could sell a k-3, 16-50 and 50-135 starter kit for, and
still make a profit? B&H has those three for $3,700 add $630 for the
AF540FGZII
or $430 for the af360 II.
I wonder if Ricoh could sell the body and two lenses as a kit for $3,000?
Right now, however, they are selling the cameras to people who will pay full
list price to get the camera right away. I bet that body only outsells the
full kit 10:1 for the next month, because there aren't going to be a lot
of people pre-ordering this camera for their first SLR, or for that matter
changing over from another brand to the K-3 in the next month or two.
I expect that most of the people buying the kit would buy it body only, but
for $300, the 18-135 WR could make a nice weatherproof walkabout lens.
Let's say that in six months Ricoh finally announces the FF model. It'll
be interesting to see what incentives they offer on the K-3 at that point.
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