While everyone is guessing at the nature of Pentax head office thinking, I'll add my wild speculation.
I figure that the rest-of-the-world availability of body and lens finishes is driven by what's hot and what's not in Japan. Limited lenses were all chrome in the beginning so the early adopters in Japan had their kit of chrome Limiteds which they could only match to a mid-line MZ series camera or a very spendy limited edition chrome LX, until the MZ-S appeared. Now they are gobbling up all the chrome MZ-S bodies Pentax can make, with nothing to spare for export. When the black Limiteds appeared the home market once again has demanded as many as the factory can churn out to satisfy the Japanese buyers who prefer the classic black lens of the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s, rather than the all chrome look of the '50s and before. The rest-of -the-world will get its chance to buy a chrome MZ-S or a black Limited when Japan has had its fill of them. IM(highly speculative)O. Regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (snip) Who knows > why the Silver MZ-S or Black limited lenses aren't available outside Japan it > makes little sense to me or anyone else that I've spoken with about it. Typical > Pentax marketing genius I guess? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
