Originally posted by John Shriver Remember that the Euro price includes a lot of VAT, somewhere around 10%. Of course, with the value of the Euro in free-fall due to the Greeks, there may be grey market opportunities buying them in Europe (sans VAT for export) for use in US.
Vat actually varies a fair bit but the average is in the 20-23% range Cyprus is 15% Hungary is 27%
so a 799 euro camera (the french ad with the WR lens) would be $868 based on the french standard rate of 19.6% and a 1.30 value of the euro
So best guess would be 749 body only 899 kitted with WR lens (UK prices actually look higher with the lesser lens, but UK prices are always typically high)
that fall exactly where the KR was released BTW
There still needs to be a lower model to go head to head with the entry product probably 699 kit 549 body, this is positioned at the low mid level. K3 will likely release kitted at 1500-1599 but drop pretty quickly to 1399 based on the market competitive product. the LXD will likely release at $1999 no lens. they may not actively market a kit for that model, but offer rebates for purchase with purchase allowing you to make your own kit
All speculation of course but based on where the market seems to be at, and 25 years of industry experience
No matter how you look at things this is shaping up to be the most interesting year for Pentax in a long long time