Re: D645 musings

[Herb Chong]

why should Kodak charge Pentax any less profit margin? they need money even 
more than Pentax. people are talking about lowering their bond ratings to 
junk today.

Herb...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax-discuss" <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: D645 musings


Not necessarily.  It depends on how much Kodak charges for the imaging 
array and how much processing horsepower Pentax elects to put behind it. 
B&H sells Kodak full-frame 14Mpixel cameras for $3500.  Given the fact 
that Pentax can leverage existing 645 lens mount, mirror box, and metering 
designs from the 645nii, I think that they should be able to come in well 
under $10,000 if Kodak gives them a good deal on the imaging array.
Seems to me that their medium format marketing strategy has consistently 
been to produce good stuff and price their products well below the high 
end (Hasselblad, Rollei, etc.) of the market.
--Mark