> Right. A lot of people buy on price, and Pentax needs to sell to that > segment of the market. Many people post on dpreview saying "Hey, look > at the great results from this Vivitar lens that I got for $10!"
But it's got to be said they seem to be undervaluing their products. I was quite surprised when the price of the K10D was announced (I was willing to spend more), & I'm surprised at how relatively cheap the DA* lenses compared to ther N&C equivalents. Obviously their making a profit, but I'm sure it's not as big as it could be. Cheers, Dave ---------- Dave, I suspect that Pentax's strategy was to buy market share, a common strategy of Japanese companies. The problem is that, in lenses, they created demand that they cannot meet. It is crazy for Pentax to offer U.S. customers rebates on lenses that Pentax cannot produce in a timely fashion. A price increase on lenses would make sense, at least until demand adjusts to supply capacity. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
