Production may have stopped on the *istD but sales haven't stopped. B&H has it in stock and is selling it for $1199.95 That's the same price I paid for my second camera, which I bought in August of last year. As reported here, the *istDS is $724.95. Paul
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote: > > > This could mean one of two things, 1.) They don't have an upgraded > > replacement to compete with the > > new Canon D-Rebel XT and they've decided to compete on price alone, or > > 2.) they have a replacement coming > > and they want to blow out the old stock and make room before they have > > to sell them for even less. > > How about "It was priced high for early adopters and now went to a > more competitive (even lossy) price"? > > I seem to recall that the -D price dropped before stopping production. > > Kostas >