Originally posted by D1N0 People who shoot Canon are like that....
My first experience with a Canon shooter was 1967, they've always been like that.
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Originally posted by WillWeaverRVA I'm fairly positive it was a pre-production model. One of the pictures has a white sticker covering the area where the model name would be, and the sticker has "P.P." written on it.
There are various stages of pre-production, my guess is everything in that camera was produced on the assembly line from parts that will be used in their final configuration. SO basically the last test before they start up the production line. SO essentially a final run producing 10-20 cameras for testing before they start the line up. That will give them time to do any tweaks. But i would also expect given that the model has obviously been sent out, and you'd be crazy to think only Pentax USA got one of these cameras. A this point I'd expect kenspro and others to have them. Then if everything works out, I'd expect them to start the production line soon, if they haven't already. There could be further changes but I bet it's at least 50/50 the final looks exactly like that.
Most likely scenario is that this is it, and it's already in production. I fully expect this model to sell out in pre-order as the K-3 did, so for Pentax, the sooner they get this camera out, the sooner they put a whole pile of money in their pockets. I have no idea how many their production line can produce a month, but they need to be at least a couple thousand in inventory before they start shipping. I Know with K-3s Henry's of Canada got 140, and they were all sold in pre-orders. One store in one small country. A small independent owner I talked to got 10 K-3s they were gone in a week and he had seven on back order, and stopped taking back orders, because Pentax couldn't give him a delivery time , and it was going to be at least a month to get more.
My guess is the riot around the FF is going to be even more than that. As the small store owner said "there are a lot of people waiting for Pentax to release up to date gear, as soon as the K-3 was available they turned up in droves." To quote Randy Bachman, I'd say "you ain't seen nothing yet."