On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:47:28PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > The answer is found in the Dr. Seuss story of the Sneeches: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yJomUhs0g > > Whatever is widely adopted is eventually viewed as merely pedestrian > and the uncommon is prized as being special. This is what has driven > fashion and commerce, in general, for millenia.
There is that. Also with modern cameras the outside shell is made of plastic, they used to be made of metal. You could build a camera that didn't have the plastic shell over the metal frame, but it would be a lot harder to weatherseal. > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Kenneth Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What I find interesting/funny is that many years ago you paid extra to get > > a black camera body and the non black/silver edition was considered base! A > > 'sign of a pro' was the wearing away of the black coating and the > > subsequent brassing spots that appeared at the highly used areas of the > > camera body. > > > > I wonder what caused the switch in higher pricing for the silver? > > > > -----Original Message----- > >>From: Jens <[email protected]> > >>Subject: K-3 Silver > >> > >>Hi > >>Some guy at Flickr said that he wanted the silver version, without the > >>grip, which he didn't need. (The siver version is only available with the > >>grip included). > >> > >>I think that the Silver edition actually is quite cheep. You get the grip > >>and one extra battery and a leather strap for appr. 250 Euro more. That's a > >>very reasonable pricetag. I usually pay 250 Euro for the grip alone - no > >>silver, no leather strap and no extra battery. > >> > >>I guess I'll order the silver version very soon - it's simply beautiful! > >>And I happen to own three silver "limited" lenses - 31 mm, 43 mm, 77 mm. > >>They af VERY nice, beautifully manufactured lenses, that can produce very > >>fine images. > >> > >>It's funny, that they only make 2000 copies of the Pentax K-3 Silver > >>edition. > >>I guess they are all gone in early November!Regards > >> > >>Jens > >> > >>-- > >>Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
