I agree. Now that Pentax have this new DSLR, I HOPE they don't make the same mistake they always have made: they never tell anyone &/or aggressively market it!
Given the tough market out there for digital, it would be in there best interest to do so. Peter --- Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1.) Sales incentives for sales people in traditional > stores, ie where they > are on commission. > It's amazing what a relatively small incentive > will do. > > 2.) Actually getting the product into stores so > those sales people will see > the item. > > 3.) Get other Pentax SLR products into volume > discounters so that Canon, > Minolta and Nikon > don't have that market to themselves. > > If these things aren't done then nothing will make > the *ist D sales success > no mater how good it is. > > > At 04:19 PM 2/28/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >Alexander wrote: > > > > > It is not about switching, it is about getting > new > > > users for the pentax system. This is vital for > the > > > system. > > > >I cannot see how you can achieve this by making > cameras that looks like > >another companys camera. I don't think small size > will make much impact. > > > > > > >E.g. the Leica R-system seems to die a slow > > > death; this is essentially because they have no > entry > > > level stuff and not because they have bad lenses > or > > > because the R8/9 is not sexy enough. Only few > will > > > switch to Leica because switching is so > expensive. So > > > they are dying with their users. > > > >I think it is because the R8/9 are simpy too ugly > and the fact that they > >offer a lots of automation except the most > important: AF. > > > > > > > I have the feeling that some people on this list > > > complain by default. > > > >Well, I've been accused of defending everything > Pentax regardless. I even > >defended the FA J lenses. > > > >Pål > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. > --Groucho Marx > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
