Originally posted by harryzero Not OVER the current price. Just £1000 for a FF basic spec body with weather seals. Maybe with. FGZ compatible hot shoe as I have flash gun.
Let's double-check your math.
The K-1 is £1600 at SRS Microsystem. You can compromise on quality (build, flexible tilt LCD, plastic everywhere including on critical components) and you'd lower the price a little. However, removing features like video will
increase the price, and not by an insignificant amount - this can be seen with the Nikon Df, which is a D600-level camera with a D800-level price.
Remove autofocus, and you'd get a product so niche, you'd have to pay Leica prices for it.
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Originally posted by Barry Pearson Why?
You don't have to use them!
I'm afraid what he wants is an extremely cheap body, cheaper than anything on the market; and removal of features is how he thinks it could be done. It can't; without features there's no volume, and without volume there's no low price.
It's hopeless. The only realistic solution is to buy a second hand Canikony, or to raise the budget (eventually waiting a few years for the K-1 price to fall).
Or perhaps an APS-C solution is better suited.
Last edited by Kunzite; 08-16-2016 at 08:08 AM.