Depends where you look. I was in talking to one of my local pushers yesterday, and Pentax is outselling Sony there. They weren't impressed with the demand for the A100 (which had sold only about 5 units from that store, one of the major camera retailers in Toronto). I think they'd actually sold more film cameras than A100's over the last month.
-Adam Tom C wrote: > FWIW, Pentax expected DLSR sales volumes are dwarfed by even Sony. > > I agree with the principle of don't build more than you hope to sell. > That's common sense. OTOH, not having product available on the shelf when a > customer wants it does not help sales or loyalty. > > It's a fine line. > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: DCRP K100D Review >>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:24:49 -0400 >> >>If a store orders a large batch Pentax will build them, but they won't >>build lenses or cameras to keep in stock, "on spec." so to speak. They >>seem to be getting large orders for K100D cameras so they're building >>them as fast as they can. That's a huge batch, for Pentax at least. >> >>Tom C wrote: >> >> >>>>Manufacturers don't make things in huge batches any more. You need to >>>>keep up with modern methods. >>>> >>>>John >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>One of the reasons why Pentax doesn't sell things in big batches. LOL. >>> >>>Tom C. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. >> >> --Albert Einstein >> >> >> >>-- >>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
