I'm not sure rose whatever help that much.... Basic front office management philosophy/attitudes discourage interest in forays into somewhat (possible?) lucrative niche markets. Also, it seems to me that in the last decade or so, soft support and distribution costs have started to swamp out basic product adaptive development, which could make potential profits from such programs hard to demonstrate after discounting for risk. Just a few thoughts from the bleachers. My guess is that such support is more likely to come from third party/second tier sources where business model often differs.
Personally, based on recent product support experience, I'm beginning to think that digital products in this arena will have a shorter life span than their manual /analog predecessors. Just, one person's experience. Otis Wright David Savage wrote: >Paul sometimes I just love your rose coloured perspective. > >Cheers, > >Dave > >On 5/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I would guess that if Pentax folds, someone will make a K-mount body. The >>demand is built in. It would be easy, for example, for Sony to make a K-mount >>version of their camera. I can't see the huge installed base of Pentax gear >>being ignored. It's a bonanza for someone out there. >>Paul >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >>From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>>On 21/05/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Rob, >>>>I worked for a former UNIVAC computer salesman. >>>>He always insisted on pointing out that the computers >>>>the company used for daily order processing were not obsolete, >>>>they were just superceded...the market had something newer/better. >>>>That's how I feel about my Pentax gear. >>>>You can supercede it, but making it obsolete will take time and effort. >>>>And given the legacy glass out there, bodies will be made to fill the needs. >>>>(Remember, the electronics guys don't make any money on the glass. >>>>They want to sell more electronics, not glass.) >>>> >>>> >>>I agree to an extent though I suspect our DSLR bodies are a lot more >>>fragile and will be significantly less long lived than their film >>>brethren due to mechanical/electronic failure more than sheer >>>obsolescence. I really don't expect my lenses or any one else's to >>>become obsolescent over night, some I've had for over 20 years and I'd >>>hope that they'll be useful for at least that again. State of the art >>>bodies to mount them on would help though. >>> >>> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
