Has Nikon released a direct successor to the D80? If not, that would explain the difference. For Pentax the K20 was hot on the heels of the K10, and it was obviously a replacement, not just an additional product for the market. Thus, it became important for Pentax to clear out the K10s. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:11 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Maas" > > Subject: Re: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels) > > > > > >> But the Pentax dropped significantly much earlier in its life. Look at > >> the D80, which was launched concurrently with the K10D and has seen > >> significant price drops, but still sells for about $200 more than the > >> K10D did last fall. > >> > >> I understand price drops, they make sense. But Pentax overdid it with the > K10D. > > > > The K10 came onto the market at a price drop, and they just continued the > process. > > It makes sense in a way, since if the price is percieved to be on the high > side, people will put > > off the purchase until after they drop the price. > > OTOH, it makes one wonder what is the point of supporting the company by > buying early, when all > > the thanks the early adaptor gets is a warm feeling, knowing that they are, > effectively, being > > ripped off by price gouging when the product first comes out. > > > > William Robb > > > > However when your flagship is priced $50 over your base model (K10D vs > K100D Super) your pricing is moronic. The K10D came out at a mild > discount over a D80, which is similar spec and released about the same > time. Maybe a $100 price difference. 8 months later the K10D was over > $300 cheaper than the D80, which had dropped about $100 or so. That's > just ridiculous pricing. > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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