No but there are certainly others who take your views seriously,
spreading Fear Uncertainty and Doubt doesn't help. Your personal
decision is yours, but your influence on others...
Tom C wrote:
Sure... but it wouldn't be just me, it would be Pentax's potential
customer base at large. So it's not a self-fulfilling prophecy
because *I* caused it... it would be fulfilld because Pentax caused it
to occur.
Tom C.
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:17:32 -0400
You may be right but in many ways it becomes a self fulfilling
prophecy, "Hey I really like Pentax but they lost money last year, I
guess I'll buy Canon." Eventually Pentax will give up and you'll be
vindicated.
Tom C wrote:
Hopefully you were joking and saying the below with tongue in cheek.
As I read it, yes it may be more favorable to DSLR purchasers,
except many of us have been saying this for the last several years
and especially since the *ist D finally arrived.
I also remember reading here how some said it made sense for Pentax
to focus on the P&S market since that's where all the money was.
Some say it now makes sense for Pentax to keep competing by churning
out cheaper versions of the *ist D with reduced functionality.
I personally don't know. I do know for myself, having two Pentax
P&S in the family is plenty, and that I'm not in the least
interested in any DSLR that's a step down from the D. So Pentax can
either attract new first time customers with low prices, or retain
an existing user base by releasing 'improved' higher end models.
Maybe they should have been doing some of both.
When an arguably smaller player in the field sees their profits
decline by almost half, when they have been persuing a business plan
that was *designed* to *make* money, when they are apparently just
now reaching a conclusion that many of us had reached earlier, it
makes us little guys wonder about the wisom of future "investments"
in the system and the long or even short term viability of the
brand. It also can effect availability of third party products.
For instance, do I purchase a $1000 50-500 Sigma zoom in Pentax
mount or do I choose the opportunity to try a differnet brand?
I don't think Herb (or myself) is saying the sky is falling. We're
simpy looking up and wondering how long it can keep hanging up there.
Tom C.
From: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:47:11 -0400
And what do lost of profits from D-P&S sales which is happening to
everyone have to do with DSLR's that folks here on the list are
interested in. In fact according to the link you posted the result
will be rather favorable to the enthusists here as they say they
will be developing and selling more DSLR versions.
You ought to change your list name to "Chicken Little", but I guess
we do need a resident anti-Pentax troll like you just in case
something real happens somewhere sometime.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Herb Chong wrote:
i was going to wait until tonight, but DPreview already broke the
story.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071903pentax_profitsfall.asp.
if you
read the original, you will see that although Pentax sold 10% more
digital
cameras, it lost more money.
with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with
Konica-Minolta,
there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with.
Herb...
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