Op Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:01:54 +0100 schreef Kostas Kavoussanakis
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Lucas Rijnders wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:30:51 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, John Forbes wrote:
read one of Herb's posts and believed it? According to Herb's
prognostications, Pentax went bust six months ago.
According to their latest report (2005.11.09: Interim Report on
Settlement of Accounts ( Consolidated ) for Business Year Ending March
31, 2006), the imaging division made an operating loss.
The company as a whole is profitable.
Which is what Herb has always said.
Yes. I never doubted his numbers. I would like to know his source, though
:)
Of course he guessed whether the company would close down the
loss-making division,
Or at least cut back investments. Herb's (and other's) problem was that he
wanted a higher spec body, one even over the *ist-D. With some serious
innovations (better AF, HSM, IS). It was/is highly unlikely that Pentax
would deliver that, given the small and difficult market for such a body,
and the neccessary high investments to develop it.
Even worse for those waiting for a pro K-mount body: If I look at previous
645's (spec's and interface) Pentax seems to take the current top K-mount
body and give it a larger sensor. That way they have a professional
offering, without much added cost. If they did that in their heyday, they
won't abandon that strategy now and the 645D will simply be an *ist-D with
a large sensor. It'll feature P-TTL, SAFOX VIII, the *ist's lightmeter,
etc, but no innovations that require large investments...
but of course all anyone can do about that is guess.
Indeed. The above is just that :)
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Regards, Lucas
