for the last couple of weeks, there's been >150 successful auctions for older lens over $50. that translates to about 4000/year. even if you that meny of those buyers participated in multiple auctions, i think the figure would still be of the order of a few thousands people/year. i also imagine that not everyone is buying the lenses every year, so the numbers need to be summed over a few years. all in all, i think 10K is a sensible rough (pessimistic) estimate.
now, with monthly production rates of the order of 10-20K/months, that's about 5..10% of annual sales (and with the digital lifespan, that may be 5-10% of all sales). not a hell of a lot, but might be worth their while, considering that those sales will very likely be at "premium" prices. On 10/9/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > > > The aperture cam sensor would not add $100 to the final price > > IMHO. Look at anti-shake for example, its in a $500 camera > > And its way more complex/expensive to implement than the > > Super simple and dirt cheap cam sensor. > > What would it cost per camera? > Please, cost per unit and what that wold trickle down to the consumer > as? > Include R&D and manufacturing costs as well. > Then tell us how many projected sales would be gained for their doing it > vs. the number of sales lost on price point. > > You seem to know things that the people who I talk to don't know. > What are the numbers, John? > > William Robb > > > > -- > 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
