At 12:19 7.3.2002 +0100, P�l wrote: >But in the past Contax made ridiculously well made cameras and lenses. The latest >efforts are nothing more than Canon clones, plastic and all with the difference that >it cost twice as much as Canon.
Ok, I should take a look at the new Contaxes (at least the AF models). All the Contax cameras I have handled have been well made... so I cannot comment about the look and feel of the newer models. >You mean selling a completely uncompetitive digital cameras? >I suspect that the latter Kyocera business idea is to sell cheap consumer grade stuff >like the rest. They will come.... No, I meant they want to show their intentions to come out with digital slr cameras. If the first one is high priced does not matter that much. It may be good to come out with a high price high spec model first (so people will go aahhss.. and ohhhss.. ) and then introduce cheaper "comsumer" models later, but only time will tell how they will succeed. >But the existing Contax users have lenses that doesn't fit the digital slr. The only >happy ones are those that use the N1. And how many are there of those? 2000? It would be nice to know how many they have sold... And not only those who use the N1, but also the 645 AF model users. >Yes, we did. Exactly the same ccd as Contax users. However, Pentax figured out that >the chip was not competitive. Also, the quality they got from it wasn't good enough >for them either. I did believe it when they said the cost is too much. I am not entirely sure if I believe that the quality was not good enough. But we will never know the real reasons (except the cost). >Why? Nobody used the old film Contaxes and the Nikon and Canons, that fit all their >lenses, are much cheaper and offer 6mp as well. What photo journalist is going to buy >the Contax? Ok, maybe my example was a bit far fetched. But there still exist Contax N1 users who want to go digital. >>To conclude, I think the Contax digital slr is more like a marketing tool than >>a tool for those who don't really need/afford it. > >Absolutely. The only value of it is that Kyocera can say "we made the first full >frame 35mm digital slr". It is a very valuable marketing tool (and that is a valuable marketing slogan). Antti-Pekka --- * Antti-Pekka Virjonen * Fiskarsinkatu 7 D * GSM: +358 400 789753 * * Computec Oy Turku * FIN-20750 Turku Finland * Fax: +358 2 413 7777 * - 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 .
