On 1/13/03 3:36 AM, "Iren & Henry Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The sales figures from Jodobashi (which is one of the larger camera chain > retailer in Japan) suggest differently. Digital cameras from Pentax seldom > enter into the top 10: > > http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/yodobashi/yodo-rank.htm > > It is very hard to believe that Sony was not included in any of the top 10 > cameras in Takeshita's list. Hi Folks, I am aware of the Yodobashi ranking in www.digitalcamera.jp, but it is a snapshot of sales in any given week. The list I quoted was map camera's which covers a longer span of 6 months average of the last year with better explanation why certain models sold well . Yodobashi is not the price leader while the digital camera is currently a price market. If you see their ranking in November, for example, Pentax showed up. Like Sony did not show up in Map's as a volume sales item, Yodobashi did not show Pentax. Each store franchise has different promotions but these lists show overall trend. But the point was that Pentax Optio series digicam was a big success in any measure. Looking through some of the Japanese camera magazines, it is indeed one of the top sellers in what is called "compact" digicam (i.e., P&S) segment. Cheers, Ken
