If high model turnover is a problem, then making a MedF digital may make the best signal effect of dedication to serious digital with the least R&D effort.
I bet Pentax will be careful not to repeat the mistakes that Mamiya has made with their introduction. They've been through that already with the MZ-D. Jostein Quoting Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Pål Jensen wrote: > > Tom wrote: > > > > > >>In any case, we all have the choice to acquire information and decide > >>whether what we think we're hearing is BS and ignore it, or find it to be > >>plausible and use it in futher decisions. > > > > The point is how you interpret the facts. I can't see anything dramatic > > in the numbers. Pentax is also in the middle of a costly developing > > schedule of coming DSLR's. No wonder profit decreases... > > They will always be in a costly developing schedule of coming DSLR's. > It's not going to get any easier. I don't think the camera bodies will > ever make them any money. They're too costly to develop and manufacture, > they go out of date too quickly and they can't move enough units to > recover their costs. > > They'd be doing well to break even on camera sales and make money on > their lenses which have a much longer shelf life. > > Tom Reese > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
