Originally posted by thibs Yes I was very annoyed by the whining (or what I feel/felt was whining) with the K20/K200 introduction a couple days ago I prefered to stay away of it. But I wonder...
[*]D60 has "only" a 2.5" screen. K200 has a 2.7" one. Will people stop whining because no 3" screen?
Can you point me to the threads where people whine about the 3'' inch screen of the K200D, can't remember I've seen many.
Quote: [*]On the price PoV I did not see a D60 introduction price. But the K200 supposedly so expensive at 800 euros (with 18-55 II) is competitve with 450D at 850 euros (with 18-55 IS)
I don't think the K200D is competitive with the 450D, especially when you consider brand name. Think the D60 is $649 compared to $799 of the K200D, looks competitive if you exclude brand name. Unfortunately we can't exclude brand name, the K10D and K100D were excellent value, but still couldn't gain a significant market share world wide. HOYA's step away from low margin will only make it harder short term. Long term it is okay but only if the cameras are competitive in all areas.
Quote: [*] There are also acouple other differences like sealing, grip. Nikon has iso3200 etc[/LIST]
D60 is shipped with Li-ion battery with charger, but still doesn't have AE bracketing (bad Nikon).
Quote: So what now, are you all (I'm targetting the unhappy ones here) still going to complain ? Or maybe you just wanna complain whatever the reason?
I love complaining, gives me such satisfaction (NOT), I just like Pentax do to well. I hope the criticism will lead them to release a firmware update to increase the JPG buffer on the K200D like suggested by someone in this thread. If they'd done that and shipped it with eneloop like batteries and a charger and kept it at 799,- it would be competitive (just) and the reviews would probably be quite favourable.