Herb Chong wrote:
the cost savings on a camera of that price is negligible.
Yeah. Much like the savings of putting a crippled K-mount on a $1500
camera, or whatever the original price of the *istD was...
they can offer it on a $300 body. leaving it off of a $3500 body is
marketing and not profits.
Herb....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Toralf Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT - Upping the anti
Sometimes the popup flash is useful for a tiny bit of fill.
Yes, but I could easily live without it, especially if it reduced the
price of the camera, or I could trade it in for something else, like
a full frame sensor (well that would not be a direct swap, I guess)
or mechanical aperture coupling. (In the case of Pentaxes, obviously.)