On 16/10/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I don't think that a slightly higher price would have made a dent in their potential to sell based on their suggested production capabilities. I do expect that if it's what it's been touted to be they will have significant problems keeping up with demand for at least six months. You may say that's great but in reality it could also backfire in that people may be peeved in having to wait. But of course only time will tell, the camera's not here yet and there are no image samples of merit. > 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. Granted the aperture feedback/lens compatibility issue isn't high on most buyers agendas but it still peeves me that it's lack of inclusion is being bandied about as a cost cutting exercise rather than an marketing tool to attempt to generate lens sales. I'm not going to begin to speculate on what might or might not be in a future camera body :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
