Originally posted by elho_cid After DxO published the sensational test results, do you really expact the price to drop soon?
I think you over-estimate the power of DXO
There are already rebate deals on the K-5 around the place and reports of retailer discounting too. The price trend of the K-5 will follow the price trend of the K-7, and other Pentaxes before it, thanks mainly to the presence of strong competition from other brands like Nikon (D7000 anyone?) and Canon.
Pentax also have an advantage in that the K-5 shares the K-7 body. The production line tooling, assembly processes etc and a lot of the parts are common to both which means economies of scale can kick in early to help Pentax assemble the K-5 very economically, and perhaps give them more scope to pass those savings onto customers.