it's clear from the DS, DL, and DS2 announcements that Pentax was aiming at
the low end of the market and mostly to people who have never owned any type
of SLR before. the D was aimed a little higher. competition is going to be
much worse in a few months. in a brutal market starting in 2000, Panasonic
went from zero to twice Pentax's volume sales in 2004. there is wide
expectation that they are about to enter the DSLR market next spring.
Herb....
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From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: green button wars (again)
I.e. they are trying to aim the new DSLR's to a market segment that does
not fit your profile. Since they are trying to survive in a very
competitive and brutal market right now, its hard to second guess their
decisions based on our own little microscopic view of whats good for us.
