I really think they did. Canon pays attention to any potential competitor, which is why they do so well. If you let anyone back in the game, they can slowly encroach on you market share.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/14/03 07:09PM >>> i sincerely doubt that Canon paid the slightest attention to Pentax in their marketing plans for the 300D. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: Re: New Pentax SMC-DA 3.5-4.5/15-26 > And Pentax may have made a mistake by not pricing the *istD more > aggressively. Canon may have stolen the *istD's thunder by coming out > with the 300D at < $1000, which they may have thought the Pentax camera > was going to priced at. By not competing with the 300D, in which Pentax > would have been clearly superior to, it got lost in the noise. Lack of > deep pockets to fight that war may have been the reason. It probably > would have been unsustainable at those price levels, even for the > lucrative market share it might have given them.
