On 1 Mar 2006 at 17:01, John Francis wrote: > You think Pentax "screwed up". I think they took a risk, gambled > on Philips being able to deliver the chip, and lost. In hindsight > it looks like a bad decision, but presumably somebody thought the > potential gain was worth taking the risk - after all, if Pentax had > got that camera to market when they hoped what would their market > share be today? Nobody knows, but I'd bet it would be much larger.
Indeed I think Pentax "screwed up", given that all sources indicate that they were having some technical difficulty with the sensor and supply/pricing issues why l did they then present the thing to the public? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
