21,000 Optio S' ordered already? Holy *ist! I'd be curious how many *ist film & digital cameras get ordered after the PMA.
--- Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree, they do seem to have done a good job but > by god they're slow aren't > > they? > > > Yes, although there does seem to be a new > determination there. > > I just got a phone call from a friend at the Pentax > National Sales Meeting, > which precedes the opening of the PMA show for > Pentax employees in > attendance. The keynote speech was given (in > Japanese) by the number two > honcho at Pentax, translated as he went. There were > also some Pentax > engineers from Japan in attendance. > > He confirmed that there will be several *ist D's at > the show, mostly under > glass, some of them just mock-ups and at least one > working sample for Pentax > people to see. He wanted to say that the *ist D is > NOT just a digital > version of the film *ist, but seems to be more solid > and better-built. He > says it's very nice-looking and practical "in the > flesh," so to speak. > > He's not going to be sending pictures of the *ist D > to Cesar, simply because > the pictures have already been published on > dpreview.com. > > He also mentioned that Pentax has a brand new booth > for the show, featuring > a constantly-running presentation with a > "spokesmodel." > > He reports that almost 21,000 Optio S cameras have > been ordered already, two > days before the show even begins, and he expects the > number to double by the > end of the show. > > He pointed out that even though only _half_ of the > new cameras promised by > the President have been released so far, it's > already by far the biggest > show for Pentax in his years with the company. He > said he feels a very > dynamic mood in the air, really upbeat, positive, > proactive. > > --Mike > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
