I wouldn't be terribly surprised if that was the price. Pentax seems to have wised up on how to make money over the last few years.
Actually, as has been suggested, investing in some older MF glass definitely looks like a very good idea. :-) Marnie aka Doe ----- Well, buyers can't turn to Sigma for lenses. As long as they don't lose money on the cameras, or don't lose too much, they have a captive market for lenses. The only competition is used lenses. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net