> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/08 Fri AM 12:31:59 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: APS-C sensor $34?! > > On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:55:49 +0100, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:47:48PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: > >> John Forbes wrote: > >> > >> > I don't think economics is your strong suit. :-) The considerably > >> higher > >> > price you quote will drastically reduce demand, which will impinge on > >> > economies of scale, and mean that the price you quote won't be > >> > profitable. So it'll have to be higher, which will reduce demand > >> more. > >> > >> Or you look at it the other way. It's a killer camera for ?1500. Make > >> millions of them. > > > > That only works if there's a market out there for millions of DSLRs > > with a $1500 price tag. I doubt that. And, specifically, I very > > much doubt Pentax could sell enough $1500 DSLRs to get the price > > down to $1500. > > Precisely. We're all expecting $500 cameras now. >
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