I'm happy that it appears the camera will be a big success. I would have thought they would fill some of the orders, adding bouyancy to the pent up demand, through actual hands-on reviews and anecdotal results.
Doing this, they'll pobably not lose any current Pentax owner-customers, but they possibly will lose potential customers who didn't have an overriding reason to buy Pentax in the first place. Just not what I would have thought. Tom C. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:06:46 -0400 I suspect they had sales forecasted already, based on dealer commitments and monitoring lists and forums. I don't think they realized exactly how popular the K10D would be, and how badly it would overmatch the competition (as it is, only the D80 is in shouting distance for features, and the K10D's SR, anti-dust, weather sealing and larger buffer handily overmatch the D80's ISO 3200 and superior flash capabilities for most users). -Adam Tom C wrote: > Announcing the shipping date before they knew how many cameras 'they would > have to make' was sort of a little mistake. > > So what do they decide to do? They decide to make EVERYBODY wait. I'm not > sure that's a good decision or a bad one, or if it matters. > > > > Tom C. > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Pentax Japan delays K10D release date > Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:48:46 -0400 > > On 10/13/06 3:35 AM, "Digital Image Studio", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pentax Japan has announced that K10D's local release date will be Nov 30: > > > > http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/news/2006/200647.html > > > Quick translation; > > [Pentax have decided the new launch date of K10D be Nov.30 > > Although we have announced on Sept 14 that the launch date would be late > October, there have been overwhelming ordered from all over the world. The > above change has been made in order to secure the adequate shipping > quantity. > > We are sorry for any inconvenience incurred by our customers and other > concerned parties, but would very much appreciate your understanding] > > > In relation to above, I noticed a couple of things in Japanese posts. > Above is probably true as what they are doing is to stock up as much initial > shipping quantity as possible in order to secure the uninterrupted and > smooth supply flow. It was saying that the initial shipping has long been > sold out and you cannot even get a definitive delivery date from the major > camera chains if you order now. Probably the same overseas. So, Pentax are > doing the right thing to delay the shipping date rather than being inundated > by angry and inpatient customers. > > Other thing is that they of course are still making the final tweaking of > various details although it may not be a delaying factor. Somebody reported > that he frequently visited the Pentax showroom where he could handle the > K10D. Every time he visited there, the AF speed has been noticeably faster. > Pentax man there told him that the firmware is almost done. > > Re the marketing in Japan first, I do not know if it's totally true. Some > actually launch in the overseas market first. I do not think Pentax did > that in the first. > But DSLR market in N.America/Europe is far larger than the Japan proper one, > so these markets are important to them and I do not think they delay much > more than the shipping delay. In general (on other products), many > manufacturers market the products in Japan first simply because it is easier > for them to deal with any initial problems they might encounter. Pentax, > being the way they are, are probably in that category. > > Anyway... > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
