On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote:
This could mean one of two things, 1.) They don't have an upgraded replacement to compete with the new Canon D-Rebel XT and they've decided to compete on price alone, or 2.) they have a replacement coming and they want to blow out the old stock and make room before they have to sell them for even less.
The *ist-Ds isn't really that old--it's only been shipping for, what, three months? The *ist-D starting shipping in the summer of 2003 and went out of production at the end of 2004. I would expect that Pentax is planning to ship the *ist-Ds for a total of at least 12 months and maybe 18. At $725 vs $780 for the current D-Rebel and ~$900 for the just-announced D-Rebel XT, it looks like a pretty good deal.
