PS: For SLR´s we're almost there. An *ist and a *ist DL is quite closely at the same price level (way to go Pentax). For NON-SLR cameras I beleive the difference will last a while.
BTW: A Pentax K100D is less than half the price of the *ist D (in Denmark at least), when this was introduced 3 years ago. Regards http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 22. juli 2006 08:19 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: RE: ZX-5n Not everybody want one. They are still quite expensive. An average digital camera is perhaps worth 500-1000 liter of milk. In Europe this is equal to perhaps a week's wages or 2% of a persons annual income, before taxes. In Europe and USA (and a few more places), where the average income is high enough for people to buy an expensive (and not essential for survival) digital camera is only 10 % of the earths populatione Annual income pr capita (head):. The value of 1000 l milk = a 850 USD digital camera in percent of annual inciome pr. captita: USA: 40.000USD 2 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Norway: 40.000USD 2 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Denmark: 33.000USD 3 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Japan 30.000USD 3 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita UK: 29.600 USD 3 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Israel: 20.800 USD 4 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Russia: 10.700 USD 8 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Malaysia: 10.400USD 8 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita China: 5.600 USD 15 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Lebanon: 5.000 USD 17 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Egypt: 4.400 USD 19 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Vietnam:2.700 USD 31 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Kenya: 1.100 USD 77 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita Tanzania:700 USD 121 Percent - a 850 USD camera in percent of annual income pr capita (PS I don't know the price of milk in these countries - or the price of a digital camera. I used European price levels. I guess if you "need" perhaps 0-432 (4x6" print) photographs every year (less than one film each month/one photograph each day), it would be down right crazy to buy a digital camera. A lot of people would want an affordable camera (100-200 USD) (and then a film every now and then. I believe film will be arround for quite some time. Perhaps as long as a digital camera is more expensive than a film camera. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af jim kerslake Sendt: 22. juli 2006 08:57 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: ZX-5n > jim kerslake wrote: > > >> It's official: film is dead. > > > >It's not dead - it's resting... > > > >Pining for the fjords :-) > > With $1k 10-megapixel bodies popping up like daisies, it's likely to > be a long rest. I could not resist a bit more... (sorry if it's been done before) .............. 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint. "I wish to complain about this roll of film what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique." "Remarkable film, the Fuji Velvia, innit squire? Beautiful saturation" "The saturation don't enter into it.... ee's stone dead." "There, it moved! " "No, it didn't, that was you winding the spool!" "I never!! " "Yes, you did! " "Look, I took the liberty of examining that Velvia when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting in its camera in the first place was that it had been NAILED there. " "Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that film in, it would have over-exposed itself, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee! " "VOOM"?!? Mate, this film wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised! " "Well, I'd better replace it, then. Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of Fuji Velvia." "I see. I see, I get the picture." "I got a CF card" (pause) "Pray, does it render the plumage of a Norwegian parrot onto beautifully saturated transparencies at ISO 50? " "Nnn...not really." "WELL IT'S HARDLY A B***** REPLACEMENT THEN, IS IT?!!???!!?" --- et cetera :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:08 AM Subject: Re: ZX-5n > jim kerslake wrote: > > >> It's official: film is dead. > > > >It's not dead - it's resting... > > > >Pining for the fjords :-) > > With $1k 10-megapixel bodies popping up like daisies, it's likely to > be a long rest. > > -- > Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > 412-687-2835 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. 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