----- Original Message ----- From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator survey,part Deaux Now in Digest mode to save bandwidth.
> On 15/10/06, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yep. >> >> But cameras are now consumer electronic devices, and in a competitive >> marketplace any saving to the company is a high priority. > > In the case of the K10D I think it's BS, in reality it would have > created a similar groundswell at US$100-150 a piece more on the MSRP > with the more price sensitive punters knowing that soon enough it > would be available in the streets at under US$1000, then even the > first months sales (13000 :-) would have netted up to US$2M in gross > sales. The K10D could probably have garnered enough sales at a higher price point to allow the inclusion of the aperture simulator. However, this ignores the fact that Pentax has made a hardware decision. I's also possible that the higher price would have turned more people price sensitive, and then the product would sit on the shelves as a non starter. Full K/M support just isn't that big a deal to most people who are buying a camera that is light years beyond those lenses in terms of capability. Pentax is selling to most people, not a few people. Perhaps if they sell enough cameras to most people, they might decide to make a camera for a few people, but I doubt it. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
