A prime clarifying example of knowledge revealing the absurdity of emotional assumptions. Thanks, Bob!
Jack --- Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > >> You are not feeling especially smart, either. > >> I recall that Pentax was pretty blunt about the FF camera not > being > >> marketable due to sensor issues. > > > > So you are telling me that they didn't know this or it wasn't an > > issue when it > > was shown to the market? > > > Actually, they didn't. I saw the prototype at photokina and talked > to some of the Pentax people about it. They were very enthusiastic. > > But at that time they did not know that Philips, the maker of the > full frame chip, would miss delivery deadlines by over a year and > jack the price up several times prior to delivery. Kyocera went > ahead with the N Digital using that chip, and you see where it got > them! Pentax people I talked to at various times during the project > > were very up front with me about what was going on, and when Philips > > raised the price one last time they told me they were killing the > project because the new chip price would push the price of the camera > > out of the range they considered practical. The Contax N Digital was > > nearly two years late to dealers, sold poorly and performed even more > > poorly due to chip and firmware problems, both of which Kyocera > blamed on Philips. I believe it was the disaster with this chip that > > caused Philips to decide to withdraw from that market and sell off > their chip fabrication assets, which are now an independent company > called Dalsa. > > If I were in your shoes, Rob, I'd direct my anger where it belongs, > at Philips. They promised Pentax something they were unable to > provide at the quoted original price and in the quoted time frame. > Pentax lost a lot of money on that project. If Philips had come > through with what they originally promised it would have been a > killer camera. But if they hadn't dropped the project it might just > > have killed Pentax, as it did Contax. > > Bob > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
