Your very mistaken on that, the cam sensor is nothing but a simple potentiometer and a spring to hold it snugly against the cam. The IS also needs the motion sensors/interface which you neglected to mention and needed software for the IS is much more complex too. There is no way that the IS is cheaper or even the same price as the cam sensor would be. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 9:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax 1.8 85mm 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
