On 1 Mar 2006 at 10:24, K.Takeshita wrote: > Adding to this, Kyocra actually approached Pentax for help when they > (Kyocera) had been plagued by the noise problem (even at ISO100), as Pentax > had solved it at the time. But Pentax respectfully declined. So, Kyocera > was on their own and got back to the drawing board. > Pentax MZ-D was truly ready for the production (some production models are > actually being used within Pentax) but as Bob said, the price killed it.
Thanks for the additional info Ken. So in essence where Pentax screwed up was in securing a solid pricing and procurement deal? Having being in design I find it hard to understand why anyone would sink that much R&D into a product when the pricing of one of the most fundamental of the components wasn't pre- negotiated. Surely the CCD pricing would have been a factor for the project being given the nod in the first place, surly it would have had to have theoretically been proven a viable product before any prototypes were produced? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
