Hi folks, There are a couple of interviews on K10D cropped up in Japanese articles. One is a bit more technical with a few participants by Pentax. Another is with Mr.Tatamiya (nick named "Tatamy" in Japan :-) talking about the marketing side. According to him (Tatamy), they really screwed up the forecasting of expected sales. In Japan, pre-booking of K10D exceeded that of K100D by more than double. In overseas market, it was even worse. In certain country wherein the sales have been traditionally week, they estimated the first shipment be approx 50 units, but the actual order was 1000 units. This situation is reflected in Japanese site where a lot of people are still waiting. First shipment apparently went to satisfy the pre-booked orders. Next sale would be around Dec 11. It appears that Japan is most suffering. Pentax employees are not allowed to buy it (I guess they are talking about in-company sale). Technical interview reveals the inner working of their engineering,
Anyway, as soon as I find time, I will translate both interviews (preempting the sharp-eyed finding these articles). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
