Because americans will buy anything? Ciao, Graywolf ----------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message ----- From: Paris, Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: RE: Body matching Limited lenses (WAS: Where's Pentax?) > I think we should consider ourselves lucky in the USA that we get *any* MZ-S > bodies and Limited lenses at all. The Japanese domestic market buys a lot > more of this Pentax equipment than we do in the USA. I don't have real > figures to back up my assessment, but why else would we be left Hoovering > hind tit in the distribution chain? The goodies go first to where they stand > the best chance of being sold. I guess that when we buy more, we'll receive > more. > > Len > --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Nosal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Body matching Limited lenses (WAS: Where's Pentax?) > > > At 03:10 PM 2/27/02 +0100, P�l wrote: > >Bruce wrote: > > > >>I still can't understand why Pentax doesn't sell matching versions of the > >>MS-S > >>and Limited lenses in North America (black lenses or silver bodies). > > > >None of us can understand that either. The only viable explanation I can > >come up with is that the MZ-S was never intended to match the Limited > >lenses and that an upcoming body has that function. > > > >P�l > > But the silver MZ-S (only in Japan) does match the silver limited lenses. > And the limited lenses are available in black (only in Japan) and they > match the black MZ-S. > > This strategy would seem to encourage sales in Japan (where one can get an > MZ-S with matching limited lenses) and discourage sales outside of Japan > (where one cannot get an MZ-S and limited lenses in matching colors, silver > or black). > > Mike Nosal > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > - > 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 . - 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 .
