Originally posted by Na Horuk Oh, and people saying that the K-01 only got popular after the price drop.. true, but it was because the initial price was too steep. If the initial price would have been between the first price and the reduced price, it could have stayed at that price for a long time.
It's interesting that when the blue K-01 was launched last summer in Japan, it had exactly the price you suggest. Its starting price was 49,800 yen (40XS kit), compared to 79,800 yen for the initial release in Feb 2012. This makes me think it could have been sold at that price from the beginning. The blue kit now sells for about 35-40,000 yen and it still a current product. When you consider all the extra parts a DSLR needs, and how cheap they have become, I think there must be a profit in a K-01 selling for $400.
Originally posted by monochrome I'm glad I have one. I'll bet one day in the distant future I'll be even gladder.
There is currently a glut of K-5s in Tokyo's used camera stores, but hardly any K-01s. The K-5 is great, but ultimately it is just another DSLR which has now been superseded. It looks like people are hanging on to their K-01s, because they really are unique.