I understand that kind of thinking... but not considering the timing of the product releases. Canon, being the dominant player in the market, does not now have a 6MP DSLR body and has had a bottom end 8Mp body for a year and a half or so, with their newest bottom end being a 10MP body (I still can't really fathom that Nikon has a current 6mp body). Nikon also has two 10MP bodies in their lineup.
To me at least, it seemed fairly obvious that the demand would be for the higher end body, because 6MP cameras were about to become the dinosaur, and 10 MP cameras were going to be the "new pink". The new bottom end 10MP cameras were going to be more appealing to both a prior owner and a new buyer because they offered more, for less money, than the 6MP bodies did just 2 - 3 years ago. Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Another interview articles >Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:44:21 -0500 > >They were expecting it to sell. They weren't expecting a higher-end body to >be more popular at launch that the last low-end body as low-end bodies >typically outsell high-end bodies by a fair margin. > >-Adam > > >Tom C wrote: > > Yeah that makes alot of sense. Spend several years designing what you >will > > advertise as a superior product, but don't anticipate selling that >many... > > LOL. So how many sales will be lost? > > > > This is what several of us were saying months back. It's simple. >Anyone > > wanting to purchase a higher end body than the now, arguably passe 6MP > > bodies, will be comparing Canon's bottom end offering to the other >offerings > > available and will see that 6MP is the bottom rung. Since Pentax has >just > > one body with more than 6MP, the 10MP K10D, that would logically be the > > camera most potential customers would be eyeing when comparing among >brands. > > > > Yes it's good for Pentax that the new K10D is in such high demand. It's >bad > > that they will inevitably lose some sales (bodies and lenses) because of > > non-supply, especially those potential customers with no reason to have >any > > brand-loyalty to Pentax. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > >>From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Another interview articles > >>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:27:18 -0500 > >> > >>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 > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >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
