My farm is worth more than $919. :-)). Paul On Nov 26, 2006, at 4:48 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> Not meaningless, just not always a good predictor, though it's usually > the way to bet. Just don't bet the farm. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Exactly. The relatively modest sales of the *istD in no way suggest >> that this will be true of the K10D. Current sales, on the other hand, >> indicate that the K10D is in great demand. My camera store owner told >> me he wished there was some way he could get more of them. He's never >> said that about a Pentax camera. As you say, history is meaningless. >> Paul >> On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>> Past history is no indicator of future performance. >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>>> Except that the production run could sell out, as the *istDS2 and >>>> perhaps even the DS did. The D is half price only because there's >>>> existing stock long after it went out of production. >>>> Paul >>>> On Nov 26, 2006, at 11:42 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> You can buy a *ist-D new today for $799, from B&H photo. so lets >>>>> see >>>>> 799/1699 * 100 ~ 47% so my guess is that you'll be able to buy a >>>>> K10D >>>>> for ~$470 just after it's discontinued. Other than that, as the >>>>> official Pentax price never fell much below $1699 I have no clue. >>>>> >>>>> Past history is no indicator of future performance. >>>>> >>>>> cbwaters wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> So, given the impressive initial price of this new camera and the >>>>>> propensity >>>>>> of camera prices to fall within six months to a year from launch, >>>>>> what do we >>>>>> feel will be the final price point? >>>>>> Certainly not until after Christmas and I guess it depends on >>>>>> how demand >>>>>> holds up after the initial flurry. >>>>>> I paid extra for my D to get one of the first batch. I don't >>>>>> have >>>>>> that >>>>>> option this time around (sadly). I'm wondering when the price >>>>>> might drop a >>>>>> little. I'd like to get the kit lens & grip for what the kit >>>>>> sells for. >>>>>> What do ye think? >>>>>> >>>>>> CW >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
