Except for the inflated price, there's hardly something to startle. Which leads me to the suspicion this is a hoax. See the sender's address - abuse something where I doubt anyone will answer to Pentax questions - while the real sender address is buried in the headers: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I may be wrong, of course.
Servus, Alin B wrote: BWD> PDML BWD> Ok, I've got a top-secret sheet of specs dated as recently as June 30th BWD> 2003 for the *ist D, this may be old news, I don't know, don't follow the BWD> group. BWD> ------ BWD> First, for Canadians, it sells for about $6000+ with a lens. [Ouch] BWD> 6.1MP [Normal] BWD> Sensitivity is ISO 200 to 3200 [where is the 50 and 100?] BWD> Interface is USB 1.1 [Why don't they use USB 2.0?] BWD> Power Zoom not supported BWD> All others supported but some with function limited. BWD> 2.7 Continuous/Burst Frame Advance [Not so fast buster!] BWD> NO EXTERNAL BATTERY PACKS [Buy bulk AA batteries!!!!!] BWD> ------ BWD> Those are just highlights, I can forward the complete list if someone wants BWD> it (hopefully to keep it out of some of the jerks hands for a bit) so email BWD> me. A brand new flash is also coming out soon for the *ist. I gave the BWD> reps a hard time on the name, they said they were used to it and didn't BWD> like it either. I spent a few intimate hours with the 35mm *ist and it's BWD> ho-hum and ugly. BWD> A hello to all the nice people on the list, you know who you are! BWD> Brad BWD> (BTW, I'm only subscribing to send this email, so I won't see any responses BWD> addressed to the list)