Soon as Pentax wants to do some, I'm in. Fast, longer glass would be useful. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know if anyone has seen the follow-up story on Petapixel, but > Zenit's Kickstarter has raised over $1 MILLION dollars and has 18 days > still left to go in the campaign. Roughly 2500 copies of the lens have > been "pre-ordered". > > I do think that there are some lessons that Pentax (and other > companies) could learn from this. Over half of the million dollars was > raised by the people buying this lens for $350 or $400 ("funding" at a > level that gets a production lens, I should say). People paid MORE for > the privilege of getting one of the FIRST lenses produced (low serial > numbers), or having something engraved on the lens, and some people > paid up to $2600 for packages that included a trip and the lens. Zenit > was also smart in making two versions (brass and black) available for > this lens, so they could effectively double the number of funding > points (making separate ones for each lens version). > > I have to believe that this has wildly exceeded Zenit's initial goals. > Knowing exactly how many are "preordered" will allow them to source > the materials at bulk quantity prices, as well as gauge potential > future demand (should they wish to continue offering it into the > future, or have some to sell as stock). > > It is also worth noting that this is for a lens design that is highly > "flawed" by modern optical standards. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for reminding me Ken. >> >> Yes, Boeing wanted to get out from under the Engineers and Machinists >> Unions, who kept winning against Boeing in the negotiations over most >> anything. >> >> S. Carolina (or wherever) offered Boeing a union-free facility and of course >> many tax breaks. The Everett gangs won after a walkout that delayed the 787, >> along with dozens of other snags that apparently are still occurring. >> Building the future of aircraft design is tough. >> >> >> On Jul 27, 2013, at 09:52 , [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I remember an issue a while back where the union/government was trying to >>> prevent Boeing from moving some production out of Washington state to S >>> Carolina. Apparently the company won. >>> >>> http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/charleston/ >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter? >>> >>> >>>> On 7/26/2013 11:48 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >>>>> I'd bet that the parts for a lens come from many different sources >>>>> that specialize in the part they are producing for such a lens, or >>>>> even a camera body. >>>> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - > Peter Galassi > > -- > 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. -- 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.
