"Orfeo" <orfeoc@NOSPAM.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:KVhDa.4432$7E.50899@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I was wondering when people thought the price of SLR digital cameras would
> come down to an affoardable level such as $600-$1000 Aust (US$1200-$2000).
> I'm eager to get into digital but aren't ready to get rid of apature control
> and manual focusing (i know these exist in digital camera but not to the
> extent they  do in typical film slr).
>


May I be silly enough to afford a guess?

    6 to 10 years...