Bojidar wrote: > To Canon and Nikon EUR 2000 may be entry-level but not to Pentax.
This entry level for all. 35mm slr entry level may start at $150. For DSLR it starts at whatever the Canon EOS 10D sells for at present. Pentax want to compete where the volume for DSLR's are and this is the entry level. With the *ist D they have platform for competitive DSLR's. >Why > didn't they bring the MZ-S to the market? Probably because they didn't > think that anyone will spend EUR 7000 on a Pentax DSLR. It was because nobody would pay that kind of money on a full frame 6Mp DSLR from anyone as long a small frame 6mp could be had much cheaper. Look at the Contax. > I submit that > the *ist D will be entry-level, mid-level and top-level for a very long > time. In fact, by the time it comes in the shops, the Canon 300D might > already be out, and chances are that it will be just as small and light > as the *ist D. That only stress the fact that the competition is fierce and that Pentax cannot build in compatibility with over 20 year old lenses. If Canon had bothered with FD compatibility on their DSLR's maybe Pentax would have bothered with K/M compatibility... Pål
