edwin wrote: ein> Basing a digital on the middle and bottom-of-the-line cameras means ein> that you don't get all the features that might be nice. A $20 or ein> whatever feature is a trivial addition to a $1700 digital but probably a ein> noticeable addition to the $200-$300 film camera it is based on. Price ein> competition is pretty tight down there at the entry level.
If the K/M incompatibility and aperture ring drop are just an accident as you describe it, then P should reassure its user base more or less officially that other bodies above current *ists will still support them. The fact they don't - despite the hard to ignore whining (Japan user communities included) - simply shows this is where P is heading. Servus, Alin