Bigger picture? I think most of us were aware that Canon has more than one model, Tom, but no doubt those who weren't are grateful to you. :-)
John On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:43:44 +0100, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually I didn't have to work too hard. :-) Partly just playing Devil's > advocate, partly pointing out that there's a bigger picture when one > looks > at all the data that was presented in the chart. > > > > > Tom C. > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:33:17 +0000 > The nonsensical part of it lies in taking what is essentially good news > and > trying to twist it into something negative. You had to work hard to make > bad > news out of this data. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Point it out the nonsense then to me big guy. I don't root for failure, >> neither am I wearing a short cheerleaders uniform jumping around on the >> sidelines. It seems like some here grasp for every shread of positive >> news >> they can get and then exaggerate it into something it's not. >> >> Fine, Pentax has one model that one recent week in Japan was the 3rd >> best >> selling DSLR. We don't know what made it a 3rd best seller or the >> actual >> number of units sold compared to best sellers 1 and 2. Why did it sell >> so >> well? Features? Price? A price cut? The fact that it was Japan? >> >> Pentax has between a 3 - 4% share of the world-wide digital camera >> market. >> That's it. So for every 3 or 4 cameras Pentax sells (DSLR and other >> digital), there are 96 or 97 other non-Pentax cameras sold. >> >> That's not exactly operating from a position of strength in a market >> that >> appears to be pretty cut throat. >> >> Tom C. >> >> "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or >> numbered." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan >> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:26:33 -0400 >> > >> >Of course you care whether Pentax succeeds. You root for failure. You >> >try to find the dark side of everything. Most of what you say is >> >nonsense. >> >Paul >> >On Aug 17, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Tom C wrote: >> > >> > > Hey you ARE attacking me with words like that. I'm merely pointing >> > > out 1) >> > > the partial nature of the data and 2) that there's more than one >> > > way to view >> > > it aside from the superficially shouting "You go, Pentax!". >> > > >> > > I really don't care that much whether Pentax is a scuccess or >> > > failure. They >> > > will be what they are with or without me. >> > > >> > > Tom C. >> > > >> > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed >> or >> > > numbered." >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> > >> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan >> > >> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:17:01 -0400 >> > >> >> > >> HAR! You wonder why your positions here have been attacked. >> > >> Pentax couldn't possibly be doing well. Never! Of course not. And >> if >> > >> anyone critiques your negativity, they're apologists for Pentax, >> > >> right? >> > >> My local camera store told me that they were amazed by the demand >> for >> > >> the K100. In the past, they've rarely stocked any Pentax equipment. >> > >> Now they have the K100 and all the DA lenses. >> > >> On Aug 17, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Tom C wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> It's one Pentax model vs. how many Canons combined? >> > >>> >> > >>> It's only a one-week snapshot of the country of Japan. >> > >>> >> > >>> It's a new model so one might anticipate high sales shortly after >> > >>> release, >> > >>> to be likewise eclipsed by sales of a subsequent model (Pentax or >> > >>> competitor). >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Tom C. >> > >>> >> > >>> "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, >> > >>> debriefed or >> > >>> numbered." >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>>> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> > >>>> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan >> > >>>> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:54:03 +0100 >> > >>>> >> > >>>> It's nice to see Pentax ahead of all the Canons. Be interesting >> > >>>> to watch >> > >>>> the share price over the next few months. With any luck that >> nasty >> > >>>> asset-stripper Abe X will sell up and move on. >> > >>>> >> > >>>> John >> > >>>> >> > >>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:50:45 +0100, Mark Roberts >> > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >>>> wrote: >> > >>>> >> > >>>>> keith_w wrote: >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>>> Mark Roberts wrote: >> > >>>>>>> >> > >>>> http://www.dslrphoto.com/2006/08/17/japan-most-popular-digital- >> > >>>> camera-ranking-aug-7-to-aug-13-2006/ >> > >>>>>>> Behind the Nikon D200 and the Sony A100, but ahead of a whole >> > >>>>>>> lot of >> > >>>>>>> Canons and Nikons. >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> The K100D sells there for only US$550? >> > >>>>>> Is that without lens? >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> And the Sony A100 is $722! >> > >>>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> -- >> > >>>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: >> http://www.opera.com/m2/ >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> -- >> > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > >>>> [email protected] >> > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > >>> [email protected] >> > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >> > >> >-- >> >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >[email protected] >> >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
