I would have thought that Oly, Fuji, and Sigma would account for many of those. although Pentax probably has the biggest piece of the remaining pie.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/17/2005 7:02:01 PM >>> FWIW, CIPA says that Japanese manufactures build about 2.5M DSLRs in 2004. Canon formally announced production of 1.3M in 2004. best guess for Nikon is 700-800K. that leaves between 300K and 400K units for everyone else combined. i believe, with no proof, that Pentax accounts for most of the remainder. Canon also said that they will announce 3 new DSLRs this year. we have seen one already in the D-Rebel XT. i don't know if i would call the 20Da a new DSLR or not. no matter how you count things though, that means at least one more DSLR announcement this year from Canon. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax-discuss" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: Re: *ist-Ds price drop > The *ist-Ds isn't really that old--it's only been shipping for, what, > three months? The *ist-D starting shipping in the summer of 2003 and went > out of production at the end of 2004. I would expect that Pentax is > planning to ship the *ist-Ds for a total of at least 12 months and maybe > 18. At $725 vs $780 for the current D-Rebel and ~$900 for the > just-announced D-Rebel XT, it looks like a pretty good deal.
