----- Original Message ----- From: "Alin Flaider" Subject: Re: Whats up with the *ist D? (WAS: feature for digital camera)
> Pål wrote: > > PJ> Large volume > PJ> DSLR is apparently limited for future Pentax DSLR's. My guess is > PJ> that the *ist D is a loss leader like all DSLR's and that Pentax > PJ> currently are not willing to buy market share. The *istD function > PJ> is probably only to make Pentax present in the DSLR field. > > So the *istd is just muscle flexing from Pentax to stop digital > defectors. No intention to get new users then... What an irony, > so the *ist d is targeted at the old users after all, but P also > cripples the lens mount to keep the same users happy. A true model > of coherent, goal oriented policy... but who knows, somebody up > there must love them (besides this list). Were this really the case (muscle flexing), then the camera would be a true tour de force, and would have full k mount implementation. It would also cost less than a 300D. William Robb