Its price has little to do with a "cool" factor. Being that Epson is a company that wanted to make a profit, they rolled the costs of development and tooling together for a limited number unit run and set a price.
That price happened to be high for it to be a profitable venture. Just like the price of the M8 happens to be high to be profitable. They're not making a lot of profit on either of these cameras. Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Jun 16, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, I'm certainly not criticizing your choice of a camera. I'd love > to have one. I just made the point that it's price is partly a > function of the cool factor. It's the camera of the moment. In part > because it's well made, but largely because of its fan base. Its > specs don't support its price position. But that's true of my Chevy > as well :-). We all buy things simply because we like them. I bought > a Leica iiif RD simply because I like it. It's cool, but it > certainly isn't a good professional tool. It's just a nifty thing > that I fondle and sometimes shoot with. Nothing wrong with that. But > I wouldn't recommend it to someone who hopes to get the most camera > for the money. > Paul > On Jun 16, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Cotty wrote: > >> On 16/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> But that was a long time ago. The price of entry increases >>> contantly. >>> But cool is what cool does. >> >> How much do you reckon you've spent on that Chevy in your garage over >> the years Paul ;) >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
