Yep. But cameras are now consumer electronic devices, and in a competitive marketplace any saving to the company is a high priority.
Dave On 10/15/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's $130 million in sales revenue, and less than > $1 million in "savings" > . > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:30 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator survey,part Deaux Now in Digest mode > to save bandwidth. > > On 10/14/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A simple apeture cam sensor is not the same as > > An entire body you twit. It IS economincally > > Feasable aa it is about a $5 part, remember? > > jco > > $5/unit > > 13 000 units/month > > Assuming a 12 month production run: > > 13 000x12x5 = $780 000 > > When your talking about the bottom line, and the DSLR market is cut > throat, unless your sure your going to recoup your costs, that's a lot > of money. > > Dave > > -- > 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
