Originally posted by Apet-Sure OK, I guess I'm stupid. Is this a nic-nak you're supposed to put on your shelf just to look at? It just seems odd to me. Is Pentax saying "since you just spent $2000 on one of our cameras, we're going to give you this piece of glass".
Many of the Japanese are apparently collectors - apparently they put a nice looking Spotmatic, ..., or a 'J-Special' KP on a mantle {or its functional equivalent} and display it for others to admire it. Every so often Ricoh commissions something - like a 'silver' version of an existing body - for them. This prism is something for them.
added: I use the word "apparently" several times because I am repeating what I have been told. I don't understand it either.