Pentax *ist D price announced

Bill Marks · Aug 8, 2003

Hi,

FYI: the price in Canada for the body only is going to be $2599 CAN according to the info from http://www.digitalreview.ca

I am a D100 shooter, however, I think the Pentax *ist D is an interesting camera. I expected it though to be a bit more competitively priced however, compared to the Canon 10D and the Nikon D100...

Rgds,

Bill

Robert Gonzalez · Aug 8, 2003

Hmm. Thats probably official price. I wonder what street price is. Plus what does that make it in US $? Also, does that include the lens, some european sites include the lens in the main advertised packages.

Bill Marks said:
Hi,

FYI: the price in Canada for the body only is going to be $2599
CAN according to the info from http://www.digitalreview.ca

I am a D100 shooter, however, I think the Pentax *ist D is an
interesting camera. I expected it though to be a bit more
competitively priced however, compared to the Canon 10D and the
Nikon D100...

Rgds,

Bill

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Robert Gonzalez · Aug 8, 2003

Thanks for the link Bill. I sure hope thats suggested retail, which would put street at a good discount to that. Even at that price, I'll bite.

Bill Marks said:
Hi,

FYI: the price in Canada for the body only is going to be $2599
CAN according to the info from http://www.digitalreview.ca

I am a D100 shooter, however, I think the Pentax *ist D is an
interesting camera. I expected it though to be a bit more
competitively priced however, compared to the Canon 10D and the
Nikon D100...

Rgds,

Bill

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P e n t a x - the whole gamut

Ross · Aug 8, 2003

Robert Gonzalez said:
Bill Marks said:

Hi,

FYI: the price in Canada for the body only is going to be $2599
CAN according to the info from http://www.digitalreview.ca

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That would be $1,865.82 US (using .7179 from todays paper)
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Rab143797 · Aug 8, 2003

That seems to be a little high, as the D100 and the 10D seem to be cheaper in that case. One would think that for Pentax to really make a cut in this segment, they have to be a little more aggressive on price, at least for the body.

rattcnypher · Aug 8, 2003

$2599 Canadian is the SUGGESTED Retail Price - street price is almost always lower. (Exception - Canon 10D - Suggested is $1499 - CompUSA just lowered their prices to $1349.95)

I would like to see it come in around $1200 street (body only) or less, but I might be a tad low.

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Dave

Rab said:
That seems to be a little high, as the D100 and the 10D seem to be
cheaper in that case. One would think that for Pentax to really
make a cut in this segment, they have to be a little more
aggressive on price, at least for the body.

Hej · Aug 8, 2003

Although the country has it's fair share of french people, I don't think Canada is considered part of Europe.....

Robert Gonzalez said:
Hmm. Thats probably official price. I wonder what street price
is. Plus what does that make it in US $? Also, does that include
the lens, some european sites include the lens in the main
advertised packages.

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Hej · Aug 8, 2003

With a list price of approximately $1,865 (lets just say $1,900), I would think the street price would be right on par with a 10D (and cheaper than a D100).

Ross said:
That would be $1,865.82 US (using .7179 from todays paper)
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Robert Gonzalez · Aug 8, 2003

Hey the Quebec area might as well be France, they're just as "friendly" as the French.

Some european sites, I think one was in Sweden, included the lens in their package.

I hope you were kidding about Canada being part of Europe!

Hej said:
Robert Gonzalez said:

Hmm. Thats probably official price. I wonder what street price
is. Plus what does that make it in US $? Also, does that include
the lens, some european sites include the lens in the main
advertised packages.

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Robert Gonzalez · Aug 8, 2003

No, the 10D originally came with a SUGGESTED Retail price of $1999, and a street price of $1499. See Phils original review.

rattcnypher said:
CompUSA just lowered their prices to $1349.95)

I would like to see it come in around $1200 street (body only) or
less, but I might be a tad low. (

Dave

Rab said:

That seems to be a little high, as the D100 and the 10D seem to be
cheaper in that case. One would think that for Pentax to really
make a cut in this segment, they have to be a little more
aggressive on price, at least for the body.

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rattcnypher · Aug 8, 2003

Oops - my bad - thanks! (gotta get my eyes checked). If the Canon price is any indication then the *ist D should come in around $1300-$1400 body only...

Dave

Robert Gonzalez said:
No, the 10D originally came with a SUGGESTED Retail price of $1999,
and a street price of $1499. See Phils original review.

Parham · Aug 8, 2003

Actually people, we all knew from the beginning that the camera is supposed to be priced lower than the other DSLRs. In Europe, the body alone is always priced €100 lower than the 10D, and the body with the FAJ 18-35mm just €100 more than the 10D body alone.

Look here:

http://www.digital-shopping.fr/ID=b806eae51d15b8839945c6f53e1/photo5.html

rattcnypher said:
Dave

Robert Gonzalez said:

No, the 10D originally came with a SUGGESTED Retail price of $1999,
and a street price of $1499. See Phils original review.

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cr0100 · Aug 9, 2003

rattcnypher said:
$2599 Canadian is the SUGGESTED Retail Price - street price is
almost always lower. (Exception - Canon 10D - Suggested is $1499

CompUSA just lowered their prices to $1349.95)

I thought the suggested retail for the 10D was $1999.. with a so-called "street" price of $1499.

rattcnypher said:
I would like to see it come in around $1200 street (body only) or
less, but I might be a tad low. (

God, so would I. My wife cringed at my last $300 camera purchase. How am I going to swing this???

-Charles

RickS · Aug 9, 2003

Over at Michael Riechmann's site, he's listing official USA street prices for the camera at $1,699 and the 18-35 lens at $1,899.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Rick

Hej · Aug 9, 2003

Somebody here can't be serious. I don't know if it's Michael Riechmann, or Pentax, but someobdy here just can't be serious....

RickS said:
Over at Michael Riechmann's site, he's listing official USA street
prices for the camera at $1,699 and the 18-35 lens at $1,899.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Rick

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Hej · Aug 9, 2003

Charles Robinson said:
God, so would I. My wife cringed at my last $300 camera purchase.
How am I going to swing this???

-Charles

Get a new wife.

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Joe Farrugia · Aug 9, 2003

Parham said:
Actually people, we all knew from the beginning that the camera is
supposed to be priced lower than the other DSLRs. In Europe, the
body alone is always priced €100 lower than the 10D, and the body
with the FAJ 18-35mm just €100 more than the 10D body alone.

Look here:

http://www.digital-shopping.fr/ID=b806eae51d15b8839945c6f53e1/photo5.html

On this site the *ist D is only 50 Euros cheaper than the Fujifilm S2. At that price, I'd go for the S2 anytime. Image quality of the Pentax will be similar to the D100....

.....which although good, is NOWHERE near that of the S2.

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Stvgoss · Aug 9, 2003

Hej said:
RickS said:

Over at Michael Riechmann's site, he's listing official USA street
prices for the camera at $1,699 and the 18-35 lens at $1,899.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Rick

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thats too much money

rattcnypher · Aug 9, 2003

Hmmm - if this is the price then a 10D will be my next camera afterall. I've been shooting both Canon and Pentax for the last several months, but Pentax might have just put the final nail in the coffin with that price.

Dave

RickS said:
Over at Michael Riechmann's site, he's listing official USA street
prices for the camera at $1,699 and the 18-35 lens at $1,899.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Rick

Johan Wahlström · Aug 10, 2003

That is exactly the same price as the fisrst shop here in Sweden to anounce a price (SEK 13,995 = US$ 1,696) which to me indicates that it could be more like the offical listprice?

Johan

rattcnypher said:
Dave

RickS said:

Over at Michael Riechmann's site, he's listing official USA street
prices for the camera at $1,699 and the 18-35 lens at $1,899.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Rick

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