The nonsensical part of it lies in taking what is essentially good news and trying to twist it into something negative. You had to work hard to make bad news out of this data. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Point it out the nonsense then to me big guy. I don't root for failure, > neither am I wearing a short cheerleaders uniform jumping around on the > sidelines. It seems like some here grasp for every shread of positive news > they can get and then exaggerate it into something it's not. > > Fine, Pentax has one model that one recent week in Japan was the 3rd best > selling DSLR. We don't know what made it a 3rd best seller or the actual > number of units sold compared to best sellers 1 and 2. Why did it sell so > well? Features? Price? A price cut? The fact that it was Japan? > > Pentax has between a 3 - 4% share of the world-wide digital camera market. > That's it. So for every 3 or 4 cameras Pentax sells (DSLR and other > digital), there are 96 or 97 other non-Pentax cameras sold. > > That's not exactly operating from a position of strength in a market that > appears to be pretty cut throat. > > Tom C. > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > numbered." > > > > > > > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:26:33 -0400 > > > >Of course you care whether Pentax succeeds. You root for failure. You > >try to find the dark side of everything. Most of what you say is > >nonsense. > >Paul > >On Aug 17, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Tom C wrote: > > > > > Hey you ARE attacking me with words like that. I'm merely pointing > > > out 1) > > > the partial nature of the data and 2) that there's more than one > > > way to view > > > it aside from the superficially shouting "You go, Pentax!". > > > > > > I really don't care that much whether Pentax is a scuccess or > > > failure. They > > > will be what they are with or without me. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or > > > numbered." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > > >> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:17:01 -0400 > > >> > > >> HAR! You wonder why your positions here have been attacked. > > >> Pentax couldn't possibly be doing well. Never! Of course not. And if > > >> anyone critiques your negativity, they're apologists for Pentax, > > >> right? > > >> My local camera store told me that they were amazed by the demand for > > >> the K100. In the past, they've rarely stocked any Pentax equipment. > > >> Now they have the K100 and all the DA lenses. > > >> On Aug 17, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Tom C wrote: > > >> > > >>> It's one Pentax model vs. how many Canons combined? > > >>> > > >>> It's only a one-week snapshot of the country of Japan. > > >>> > > >>> It's a new model so one might anticipate high sales shortly after > > >>> release, > > >>> to be likewise eclipsed by sales of a subsequent model (Pentax or > > >>> competitor). > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Tom C. > > >>> > > >>> "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, > > >>> debriefed or > > >>> numbered." > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > >>>> Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan > > >>>> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:54:03 +0100 > > >>>> > > >>>> It's nice to see Pentax ahead of all the Canons. Be interesting > > >>>> to watch > > >>>> the share price over the next few months. With any luck that nasty > > >>>> asset-stripper Abe X will sell up and move on. > > >>>> > > >>>> John > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:50:45 +0100, Mark Roberts > > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> keith_w wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Mark Roberts wrote: > > >>>>>>> > > >>>> http://www.dslrphoto.com/2006/08/17/japan-most-popular-digital- > > >>>> camera-ranking-aug-7-to-aug-13-2006/ > > >>>>>>> Behind the Nikon D200 and the Sony A100, but ahead of a whole > > >>>>>>> lot of > > >>>>>>> Canons and Nikons. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> The K100D sells there for only US$550? > > >>>>>> Is that without lens? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> And the Sony A100 is $722! > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > >-- > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >[email protected] > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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