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>>225908 > Low-end functions, the look and feel of a higher-end camera.
This is a bad thing how? "Features" really don't matter on the camera for anyone not shooting some special niche, e.g. sports. It needs a way to focus, a good viewfinder, a way to control the aperture, shutter, and a way to either load and advance film or adjust the ISO of the sensor. A meter is nice. Beyond that, "high-end" versus "low-end" is a matter of build quality, ergonomics and so much hot air.
> Also, weatherproofing on the K200D is more a gimmick than an useful feature
It still would keep dust and moisture outside of the body. One entry point compared to dozens? I'll take that. Two of those lenses are designed to be do-all workhorse zooms; I'd rather if I shot Pentax if they were their 31mm, 50mm, and 70mm do-all workhorse primes, but still, the point is that the general photographer could own them as his only lenses and be happy, if he liked zooms, which most people do. Hell, owning one of them, if he doesn't need tele lengths.
Also, Pentax is what, five years into having digital bodies? Give them some fucking time; they're not Canikony, they don't have unlimited resources backing them, and even if they did, design does not happen overnight. Five years is barely time at all. And they haven't even had weathersealed bodies most of that time.
Lastly, a roll of duct tape should do a seal up nicely.
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