On 9 Jul 2003 at 13:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What I wish Pentax would figure out (maybe they have and we don't see the > evidence yet) is that, at least in the US, people DO plunk down $2000 for > what they want, and that even on a whim. They don't have to come in > on the bottom end of the price scale any longer. Why? Because they > have beat "N" to the consumer DSLR punch and have a chance to grab a > really big market share in the niche. The digibino gimicks are just > a waste of Pentax' energies & resources. > > $400 is no longer the restricting price point it was 10 years ago. > The new digital marketplace has opened up the floodgates to the same-class > buyers who 20 years ago spent $2000 on their first computers. > Photography is now making a comeback and reclaiming the leisure $$$ > that were lost to IBM PCs in 1983. > > And just like the PC industry ... this is the first of 3 years of > BOOOMING DSLR sales. Watch.
It seems pretty obvious doesn't it, why Pentax can't see it we can only speculate (oops, not on this list though) :-( Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
