Mike, one thing is certain: they knew this would be coming. The magnesium body actually has a ring glued to it, the decorative sunshroud with the stairsteps. Some people complained that it came off the unit and seek asked for them to send the unit back, rather than apologize and recommend some cyanoacrilate (spelling) or just say super glue the dang thing back on dummies. That ring is likely a piece of the actual variable whatever they are about to release. $100 for an apparently unpainted magnesium housing (Thanks for the corrosion prevention btw), a new front piece that has a thread for the lens to screw on...that's a bit steep. That's a huge mark-up. Are they selling the fixed focus version at a leader loss? Why not charge for the app while they are at it...oh yea, nobody would pay for an app that has removed non working features. Who needs emissivity anyways. Auto everything!
Is there something wrong with teaching people thermography? They made a post long ago, stating that adding complicated features would increase the difficulty for someone to pick up the device and go. There's nothing wrong with a basic how-to, even a nice step by step tutorial. They added a simple swipe command tutorial to use the poorly aligned visual camera (which is always on, even if disabled-- caught a bug in widescreen mode, see tiny line on edge of screen that changes). But it seems like auto everything was the way to go. This is essentially a clip on poloriod thermal camera. I whole heartily disagree with their direction, and it's why I probably won't be buying another module from them unless someone manages to throw together a proper third party app or windows executable. And I'd be willing to throw good money at something like that.