On 10 March 2010 11:53, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:41 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> On 3/9/2010 10:15 PM, William Robb wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Savage" >>> Subject: Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon) >>> >>> >>>> LOL >>>> >>>> Pentax is onto a money maker. >>>> >>> >>> This is kinda the conundrum with camera makers these days. They put as nice >>> a camera on the market as they can, and people will refuse to buy it until >>> the price comes down 50%. >>> It's like we want them to go out of business. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >>>>> Sounds like a lot of camera for 9400 retail. But only ISO 1600 max >>>>> sensitivity. Same metering system as K7, which is a plus. I want one, but >>>>> I'm going to wait until it's available used for 4K. >>> >>> >>> >> We don't? >> > I don't. But I'm not going to go broke trying to support them. That would be > ridiculous. > > However, getting on board in the resell market is a plus for a manufacturer, > because they sell lenses. Plus, providing a secondary market makes the deal > better for the original investors. HIgh resale value is a plus for any > marketer. > Paul
If Hoya follows the Pentax APS-C camera price slashing trend with this camera I'll be very surprised. Given the somewhat fragile economic viability of Hoyas camera division, I'd in no way want to drop 10k on their products nowadays. DS -- 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.
