I hope so. But it means DS shouldn't go to low on price otherwise... except if DL is made to go really low itself but if course we dunno how much yet.
That'll be interesting to watch IMO. 2005/6/17, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Which proves that DL is supposed to replace the DS rather than > >complement it IMHO. > > No, the spec is too different. The pentaprism viewfinder alone puts the > DS into a better category. But the majority of sales will move toward > the DL once things shake out, just because of the lower price it will > eventually reach. For now, they need to reduce stock of the DS to what > will be an appropriate level for when it becomes Pentax's *second* best > selling DSLR. > > >2005/6/17, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >Just looked at the shop I ordered my D (located in France) and saw > >> >following prices: > >> > > >> >ist-D: 839 euros > >> >ist-DS: 729 euros > >> >ist-DL: 809 euros > >> > > >> >So the DL is definitely suffering from the "new thing" symptom. > >> > >> A person "in the know" whom I spoke to recently suggested that the price > >> of the DL is being kept artificially high for a while to protect dealers > >> and distributors who have a lot of the DS and need to move them out > >> before stocking the DL. > >> > >> Nikon is doing the same thing with the D50 - it's generally priced > >> substantially *more* than the D70. As soon as existing stock of the D70 > >> is thinned out, the price structure will become more rational. > >> > >> -- > >> Mark Roberts > >> Photography and writing > >> www.robertstech.com > >> > >> > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > -- ---------------------- Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX and KR-10x ...
