Originally posted by pareto The most reputed German Pentax dealer is taking orders for the new cam ("KxxD"). Estimated price 1500€, available end of june / beginning of july.
Link to TeKaDe Estimated arrival time: end of june, begining of july... and 1500€ MSRP!
We have ample time to discuss this but it seems quite in line with what I excpected , price included.
It seems I still know my Pentax: end of may announcement with building frenzy (thanks to threads like this) then a good month until the first units are available at full MSRP price, then one or two more month until we get normal supply and start seeing some price falloff.... no new Pentax for me this summer.
If the camera delivers as a good 5D companion (smaller body, nice VF for manual focusing these 24 and 35mm M42, nice ergonomics: don't care about AF, or high ISO anymore since I'll just grab the 5D for low light or fast AF shooting) my estimated buying date is around september... 2010! (I won't buy it over the 800€ mark so I guess I'll just wait).
In the meantime, I'll just watch the new kid on the block make its entry and wish it good luck!