On 12 Feb 2003 at 22:48, Robert Meier wrote:
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> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of giampi
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> >The D60 has been discontinued officially. Canon has produces a
> >certain number (referring to what has been selling on the D30) of
> >bodies then stopped production. Unfortunatley request was much
> >higher than calculated so now they are finished. At the PMA we'll
> >see the new generation. Giampi
>
> Giampi,
>
> Where did you get this official information from? If I remember
> right the D30 was announced in 2000 and the D60 in 2002. The D30 is
> still sold but the D60 already met the sales number and production
> is stopped. So I wonder if the D30 is not sold very well (and the
> sales numbers for the D60 were estimated accordingly) or the sales
> numbers for the D60 were originally projected much lower then the
> D30's due to the marketing position. Henry, do you have any input on
> that? Giampi, do you also have any official information about a
> replacement for the D60? I really thought the rumored D80 is an
> additional model (not a replacement) and that the production of the
> D60 is just a bit behind demand.
Latest issue of ColorFoto now also states 'no more D60 production'.
It *is* a pretty clever production concept, if earlier explanations
are true....one production run of each part, by all sub-contractors
at once, and never worry about things running out of stock....or even
becoming incompatible (with slight shifts of chip- and software-
versions). With long-lasting models, one can endure a 1-month delay
because of production problems with subcontractors, but with stuff
like this, and life-cycles of 1 year, you are talking about losses of
nearly 10% total if that happens....
Might as well have been happening with other low-end analog bodies
and camera's as well, but a) on a slightly larger scale, and b) not
with such unexpected high demands.
And if all this is correct, then even complaints about possible lack
of spare- and used-parts on the market are not valid....the
production run was never meant to be larger anyway....all that was
planned to be sold, *is* sold....whether within 6 months or within 24
months doesn't matter.
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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