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)

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