Pentax K-7 has a higher than normal camera mark up over its wholesale at "$880" Loonies ,
so thats about $810 USA wholesale at .92c per dollar bill exchanged.
Dealers usually don't make $500 Plus on a single Dslr sale so theres plenty of room for Pentax to drop its M.A.P. in near future. MAP ???
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Here's the $880 K-7 Wholesale Linky:
Massive jump-ship. What to do? - FM Forums
and what you'll read there:
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I shoot Pentax. I always have. I've managed to capture some great photos with my K10 since last January when I started photography. Two complaints about Pentax though: ISO/noise performance and autofocus performance; it's consistently below-par with all of their bodies. Everything else is awesome. Just superb. Better than the other brands, sometimes.
I'm very disappointed with the noise performance of the K7. And despite the $880 (employee discounted) price tag, I might not pick one up.
I might get a D700. I have zero Nikon gear and I have ~$3000 in Pentax gear.
The D700 is full framed - it has spectacular noise performance and a brilliant and reliable autofocus system. That's all I want. But $3000 for the body and many thousands more for a new lens collection.
Ugh. What should I do?
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Originally posted by Gooshin Henry's Canada sells the 7D for 2099..
the K7 has no need to drop its price yet...