On 12/5/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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,
As a few here thought. Pentax stuffed up their numbers.. > Anyway, as soon as I find time, I will translate both interviews (preempting > the sharp-eyed finding these articles). > > Ken Thanks Ken. Looking forward to it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
