i was exaggerating, but you understand my point. most people buying a DSLR
who already have one have made a commitment and don't question it. at the
beginning of the new fiscal year in April, Pentax said that they want to
sell about 130K DSLRs this coming fiscal year, double what it sold last
fiscal year. Sony estimates that there will be about 3.6M DSLRs total sold
in 2005. Canon and Nikon have similar forecasts. last year it was about
2.5M. double next to nothing is still next to nothing. given that, it's what
Pentax does with what it sells that matters, make enough money to break
even.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PDML" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
5) non-Pentax DSLR owners who want a Pentax instead - sorry, but i think
Godfrey is probably the only such person that will ever exist.
However. I know of at least a dozen people who have bought the DS since I
bought mine, who owned Nikon/Canon/whatever other SLRs before (and
several of them Nikon and Canon DSLRs) because they saw my pictures and
handled my camera, and were suitably impressed.
