Originally posted by K-9 Being the top of the line body in the 90's, I am not sure many people would have bought it in kit form. Why get the best body, but one of their cheaper zooms?
Well, sometimes the kit lens actually just comes free, or basically-free, and even if you don't think much of a kit zoom, well, you may as well have it as not, I suppose.
I wouldn't have paid extra for it, but I ended up with a kit lens on my digital, which was a nice little bonus.
Oftentimes an actual kit would be on sale when a body-only would not be, as well. I suspect, with the PZ's in particular, Pentax must have particularly wanted to get some power-zoom lenses out there in hopes people would get used to the feature and want more.