Hardware is set in stone, firmware may still be in flux right up to the
day they start to ship. I used to work for a company where we joked
about coding on the loading dock. The sample cameras floating around
out there may be release hardware with prerelease firmware.
Joseph McAllister wrote:
I would think the camera has already gone to production, perhaps as
much as a month ago. IIRC, the Pentax announcement stated that the
camera would be available in around mid-June. If that's true, I would
images that stores worldwide would be getting a limited and
pre-ordered stock in the next two weeks. It's doubtful they would
crank up an assembly line on the 10th of June, start shipping product
on the 11th, for arrival on the 14th to sell on the 15th.
Cases of K7s are most likely on their way to major distributors
worldwide right now. They will in turn ship orders to the stores that
still carry Pentax DSLRs. The first cameras to arrive at the stores
are the pre-paid, pre-ordered bodies and kits, along with one of more
for stock and display. At that point, the stores can order more for
stock or replacement for purchases from their distributors, local,
national, or regional.
On May 19, 2009, at 20:11 , P. J. Alling wrote:
I'm not sure that the display is meaningful in a prerelease camera,
even one as close to production as this one.
Joseph McAllister
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