on 03.06.04 17:37, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Production of 20,000 per month? At last report, Pentax had sold only > 20,000 of the *ist D. Yup, but *istD is almost two times more expensive (MSRP) than rumoured Baby D... Most people still takes price in consideration. If they have a choice of two 6MPix DLSRs they'll choose cheaper one, just because they are absolute beginners and tech talk (bigger viewfinder, better build quality) won't impress them.
> If they will produce 20,000 per month and expect to sell 100,000 by next > March, that means it may already be in production. Not neccesary - it is enough that they start production in november :-) > They had better hire a second lens assembler in Vietnam. They had also > better come out with the DAJ 18-55 f3.4-4.5 for $100 or so. For $100 you could have rather 4.5-5.6 lens like FAJ 18-35 now... -- Best Regards Sylwek
