every other one of the Big 5 Japanese companies (Canon, Nikon, Konica
Minolta, and Olympus) are trying to push into the higher end of the market
because those cameras have a longer useful market life and a higher profit
margin too. camera phones are expected to destroy the under 3MP market and
make major inroads into the 4-7MP market. with the commoditization of most
of the remaining P&S cameras in the 8-10MP market, only the highest end
models with more features than your average operating system are going to be
money makers. DSLRs are going to have to differentiate somehow, and
interchangeable lenses aren't enough if the high end P&S cameras come with
fast 28-300mm equiv focal length lenses. that means more and higher quality
megapixels, better AF, and faster frame rates. better ruggedness would be
nice too.
Herb...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toralf Lund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: OT - Upping the anti
Yes. That's one of the reasons why many people on this list say that
Pentax ought to compete in the high-end DLSR market, isn't it? And I guess
being an early adopter at least means you can make *some* of the money
back by asking a very high price for the equipment that initially uses the
new technology (because you have no competition yet.)
