Heiko wrote: > In my eyes all theese products are entry level. Yes - the *istD is entry > level as the D100 or 10D are. 2000,- is much money but it is the price > to enter the DSLR market. High-end DSLRs are the Nikon D1 and Canon 1D.
Pentax started out with the MD-S prototype that was built on a (semi)pro chassis. Meanwhile DSLR have migrated into price sensitive area fighting over amateurs and snapshooters (no offenses intended) money. Hence, like the competition, Pentax build their DSLR around the camera parts (electronic) of an entry level SLR in order to save cost and stay competitive. They have chosen a much simpler metering system that actually uses the digital, exact readout from the lenses. This is dirt cheap and more accurate. The MZ-S only use this electronic information for dataimprinting and finder display. Instead it relies on mechanical coupling in both lenses and bodies that needs to extremely accurately calibrated. This is what cost money. Although the mechanical transfer could be made extremely accurate, in real life there are variations. If you're ever shot test rolls on various apertures you'll experience exposure variations due to the nature of this system. These variations are usually trvivial but they are there. Pål
