Originally posted by normhead Looks like they are waiting for time on the production line.
Many people who do not understand how modern manufacturing works, will not understand how true this statement is. Since everything seems to worship the "just in time" gods, it is amazing how any glitch in the schedule really screws things up. It cost a delay of almost one year in the release of the K1.
With most cameras being manufactured by third party companies who rent out time on their assembly lines, moving around in the schedule it a very expensive proposition. In the mid 90's there were name brand cameras coming off assembly lines in China with the "Made in Japan" stamp on them. Japan had passed special laws to allow this to happen.