Leonard wrote:
>I too think that was a red herring. I suspect that Phillips wants more for >the 6MP CCD than Pemtax is willing to pay. When you can buy a 5MP camera for >less that $2KUS, you aren't going to sell many 6MP cameras for $7KUS. >If Phillips drops the price on the 6MP CCD, I wouldn't be surprised to learn >that the MZ-D (perhaps with a label) is on the schedule again. I'd pay $2KUS >for a nice 5MP Pentax digital body. I think there's a market for one. My Pentax rep told me that the reason for the shelving of the MZ-D was that it was getting too expensive to be viable in the marketplace. I was told that there was not manufacturing problems with the chip (as rumors say) and that other digital products use the chip. P�l - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
