You never know. :-) Pentax needs to compete at both ends of the spectrum to be taken seriously, especially with Sony and Panasonic entering the picture.
Tom C. >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Hoya-Pentax Future - News >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:03:02 -0700 (PDT) > >Do you suppose this could lead to a Pentax being considered a "PRO" >camera? One that you would carry with a swagger, proudly exposed and >without embarrassment? :/ >WOW! > >Jack >--- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey - your'e converting over to what Herb, Rob Studdert and myself > > have been > > saying for the past 2 - 3 years. :-) > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: Hoya-Pentax Future - News > > >Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:19:27 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > >0Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > > > >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. > > > > > >It looks like the Hoya plan makes sense and that they are going to > > try > > >to try to raise the price and perceived value of their products. > > They > > >undoubtedly realize that one of the keys to getting people to buy > > your > > >affordable products is providing a higher end product for people to > > >aspire to -- even though most will never buy it, they like to know > > they > > >*can*; that it's out there. There's also the "prestige by > > association" > > >effect that Cotty has mentioned in the past: People want the name > > badge > > >on their camera to be the same as [fill in prestigious item you > > can't > > >afford here]" > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. >http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > >-- >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
