$5 in a $1000 camera which supports a KEY feature of PENTAX BRAND LENSES is not a simple miniscule cost reduction. Its just bad policy. Secondly, its not the quanity sold that matters, It's the amount of lost sales if they added it And charged for it and I don't believe that Would be a signifigant number. If you do, that Fine with me but I don't. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K1D aperature simulator survey, part Deaux John Celio wrote: >> You don't know the difference between shrewd and >> Unscrupulous. Disabling older products without >> Cost or technical reasons is just that. > >There -is- a cost reason for the loss of the simulator. *Lowball* estimated cost of aperture smulator: $5.00/camera Production plans for K10D: 13000/month Additional cost to Pentax: $65,000.00/month or $780,000.00/year >The cost reason is how much Pentax was losing from people not >buying new lenses. It's as simple as that. That too. -- 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
