On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:55:49 +0100, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:47:48PM +0100, mike wilson wrote:
>> John Forbes wrote:
>>
>> > I don't think economics is your strong suit. :-) The considerably  
>> higher
>> > price you quote will drastically reduce demand, which will impinge on
>> > economies of scale, and mean that the price you quote won't be
>> > profitable.  So it'll have to be higher, which will reduce demand  
>> more.
>>
>> Or you look at it the other way.  It's a killer camera for ?1500.  Make
>> millions of them.
>
> That only works if there's a market out there for millions of DSLRs
> with a $1500 price tag.  I doubt that.  And, specifically, I very
> much doubt Pentax could sell enough $1500 DSLRs to get the price
> down to $1500.

Precisely.  We're all expecting $500 cameras now.

John



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