Actually, its much more complex mechanically than Pentax's SR system (although it's less complex than Sony/Minolta's). The Pentax SR system is two plates, one of which floats on magnets and is controlled by strategically placed electromagnets. Essentially the moving parts are the plate (which holds a circuit board) and the cable which connects the circuit board to the rest of the camera. That's it. It's an exercise in elegant engineering.
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Yes, its technically an assembly, not a part. > And its way way simpler than IS, which they > are current only asking $100 more for (retail) than > the body without IS. Thats why I stated I > bet that it wouldnt add more than $50 to > the retail cost of the body and thats being > generous to Pentax... > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark Roberts > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 7:33 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: RE: Pentax 1.8 85mm > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>So the $5 part is now a $50 part? > > > For the record, it's several parts, not one. The people at Pentax I've > heard from estimate that the parts and associated additional assembly > complexity add about $25.00-35.00 to the cost of a camera. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
