Interesting. I'm not sure how you link the last graph to the 5D. I would expect it's overall sales to be lower since it costs 3X the KISS/350D.
And doesn't the graph before the last indicate that sales of both the 5D and the 350D are on the rise while sales of the Pentax K100D appear to have sharply peaked and are in this snapshot declining? Tom C. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered." >From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Turbulent age >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:00:35 -0400 > >Hi folks, > >It looks like the market in Japan is now tangling up. > >http://bcnranking.jp/flash/09-00009669.html > >If you scroll down to the last graph, it shows the shift in market share. > >Navy Canon >Yellow Nikon >Red Sony >Blue Pentax >Purple Oly > >Since the entry by Sony and Pentax's rise, competition is coming close. >Everybody is expecting that Canon's domination won't last. Nikon is >somewhat fizzling now, but the D80 is not factored in yet. >Note Canon is now well below 50% which they used to enjoy. > >This if of course just a snap shot and each maker has new models up in >their >sleeves which I am sure all will be known by Photokina, and alter this >share >situation. But it is interesting to see how the competition is becoming >fierce. > >Note that Canon 5D has not been doing as well as initially expected. Good >camera, perhaps, but their FF lens line is not digital optimized (optical >formula and special coating etc) like their EF-S line which caused some >image quality problems. > >No, I am not promoting a rosy picture for my favourite brand, but it >appears >that everybody has a decent chance, and the traditional market share >pattern >may no longer. > >Cheers, > >Ken > > >-- >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
