Bruce wrote: >(When the F100 came out it was selling at 10,000 bodies a month.)
That's an assumption based on serial numbers. By the same reasoning Pentax sold 200 000 LX's a year. I'm not denying that the F100 may have achieved such numbers initially, but it probably ows its existence on Nikon trying to salvage the cost of the F5; a camera that probably would never pay for itself. If you think 10 000/month is a lot, Minolta made 1 000 000 a year of the 7000. It was said that if the 7000 didn't sell as well as it did it may have bankrupted the company. Minolta, who sell more slr's than Nikon, have decided to move all slr production out of Japan to reduce losses. According to the Financial Times, they loose $2 000 000 a month, mostly on the new Dynaxx7, which is BTW selling better than the Nikon F100. The only thing that keep Nikon and Canon interested in the F5 and EOS-1V, respectively, is the boosted sales of lesser models these cameras provide. P�l - 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 .
