Popular, probably far to often seen, Luxury designation freely used as a retail icon. Also, a positive marketing echo in honor of a Pentax triumph.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't think an 8 megapixel digital SLR is a feeble > hope. I'd say it's a certainty. Naming it LX is > indeed a feeble hope. The name "LX" was chosen in > honor of Asahi's 60th anniversary. There's no logic > in using that numeral again. > > Now, about this price. It makes sense to introduce a > new version at a list price close to that of the > existing model. It's very newness will cause some to > buy. I'm sure the price to retailers leaves a lot of > wiggle room. The DL will probably be deeply > discounted within weeks. The gap will grow. List > prices don't matter. Only wholesale prices tell the > story. > > Paul > > > > Shel, > > Let me just piggy-back on your message to forward > a > > vagrant thought. > > I can't help envisioning an "X" after the "L" on a > > near future 8+mp *istD. What other reason for the > "L"? > > I know; flimsy basis for a feeble hope. > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > There are people who have tighter budgets than > you, > > > to whom 30EUR means > > > more or is harder to come by. When I bought my > > > first camera $10.00 made a > > > difference. Now I spend $10.00 on a cup of > coffee > > > and a croissant. > > > > > > Years ago Pentax offered a Spotmatic 500 - only > > > difference between it and a > > > regular Spotmatic was the top shutter speed. > The > > > price difference was not > > > very much, but it made a big enough difference > to > > > some people that they > > > bought the 500 instead. > > > > > > You can't judge or guess the needs of others > only by > > > your standards and > > > those in your socio-economic group. > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: Jaume Lahuerta > > > > > > > I am not sure if I am getting your idea, Shel. > > > > > > > > If I am ready to spend at least 700 EUR in a > > > camera > > > > (and I am not including memory card, > batteries, > > > etc) I > > > > can't see why just a 4% more is going to > prevent > > > me > > > > from buying a better model. > > > > > > > > Maybe you are referring to those who care > about > > > > absolute figures only? Even in that case, it > still > > > > seems too low to make any difference. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Probably the people to whom 30EUR makes a > BIG > > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > > > From: Jaume Lahuerta > > > > > > > > > > > I have just checked the ist DL price in > > > tekade.de, > > > > > > since it is still not available in Spain. > > > > > > Well, it is 699 EUR body only, this is > just 30 > > > EUR > > > > > > less than the DS body only so... > > > > > > Who is going to buy a downgraded model for > > > such a > > > > > > small difference??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
