----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey
> How could that be pentax's cost if they can > Produce and sell the entire anti-shake for > Only $100 retail? It doesn't make any sense > Whatsoever. It's basically a resistor and > A spring. I really doubt that it couldn't > Be produced in qty for a lot less than $35 > Part cost. The entire K1000 which has this > Simple Part probably only cost $35 in parts. I'm just reporting what I've been told by people closer to Pentax than you or I. Perhaps they are also including the cost of integrating it into the firmware of the camera. Pentax doean't think including it in the DSLR lens mount is going to cost them sales, or at least not cost them sales in sufficient numbers to make the inclusion of it worthwhile. The camera era that you are using for comparison had the part somewhat out of necessity, and there was economy of scale at play to keep the cost cheap. The K1000 has been gone for quite a while, you are thinking in terms of twenty year old numbers in your cost estimates, which are questionable anyway, since you have never proven them in fact, you just keep tossing the same number out without documenting where it comes from. Judging from the pre orders for the K10, I suspect they are right about the need to include an aperture simulator in DSLR cameras. Whether you agree or not is moot. K/M lenses are fine optics, but they don't take advantage of too many of the things that people buy cameras for these days. While there were huge numbers of these lenses sold, an overwhelmingly large % of them were the standard lenses that came fitted to most every camera body, and another chunk would have been the common wide angle/telephoto combination of 28mm and 135mm. These focal lengths are covered with the kit lens and one more zoom, lenses which take better adsvantage of the cameras other features. Let it go John, the K/M era of full support ended with the film camera era. Pentax has not made a DSLR that offers it, they do not feel that it is important, and apparently, most of their customers agree. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
