So what's the price of the new K-7 ? ! ! If you've got me to pay $1,400 for a new K-7, I'll surely pay $1,500 for a full frame Pentax. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:45 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 09:58:54PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> The common view is that the market is headed towards >> full frame aside from the low-end of the consumer market. > > and > >> I suspect [Pentax] think that FF won't be viable below >> the $1500 or so pricepoint (and I agree with them there). > > Taken together, those statements suggests that the low end > of the consumer market extends up to around $1500. I think > that's too high by at least a factor of two (or more); the > low end will probably be $500 - $600 over the next couple > of years, and the midrange will probably be $650 - $900. > > Anything over $1000 will already be at the high end of the > consumer market; $1500 or more pushes you firmly into the > advanced amateur / semi-pro segment. And if you are right > about a FF camera selling for $1500 it's never going to be > in the bulk consumer market (which I believe to be the case). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
