>internal stop on the shutter speed dial so it would only move to >1/500 rather than 1/1000.
Nau, a way cheaper solution than that. They just took the 1/1000 off the shutter speed dial. It still had the click stop and you could still set it. -----Original Message----- >From: Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> >Sent: Dec 18, 2008 1:25 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: White K2000 pics > >I agree, not really much to fuss about. Before my time (i.e., before >I realized that cameras were anything more than a box to hold film, >shutter mechanism, and lens mount), I understand that Pentax >introduced versions of the Spotmatic where they, for example, put an >internal stop on the shutter speed dial so it would only move to >1/500 rather than 1/1000. A slight cosmetic change to the speed dial >on the body and, hey presto, a new less expensive camera model. Or a >"super" version of one model, where the only substantive difference >was the focusing screen. Pentax has a long and successful history of >such minor changes as a way of creating new market niches. And didn't >the quoted interview with a Hoya big-shot recently tell us that they >would be doing more of this? > >As to the white body, I would prefer maroon, but maybe next month... >As long as there are people like Cesar who will "skin" their LX, >there will be people who will be attracted to something other than a >plain-vanilla black camera body. Tastes vary. Some people even prefer >Canons!?! In my own case I paid an extra arm and leg to order my >Limited lenses direct from Japan because I wanted black to match the >black camera body, and black Ltd lenses weren't being imported here >at the time. No functional difference, purely cosmetic preference... > >stan > >On Dec 17, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >> Sorry, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. Looks like an >> economical way for Pentax to increase sales >> Most likely aimed at those looking to make the jump to a DSLR. >> >> No one on the PDML would ever buy/use one - right? >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "AlunFoto" <alunf...@gmail.com> >> >> Subject: Re: White K2000 pics >> >> >>> 2008/12/17 Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>: >>>> In a bag of black marbles, a white marble stands out. >>> Sorry, I just think Pentax had lost theirs. >>> An oh, horror; it's official: >>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K2000_-_White/ >>> Jostein >> > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
