Not meaningless, just not always a good predictor, though it's usually the way to bet. Just don't bet the farm.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Exactly. The relatively modest sales of the *istD in no way suggest > that this will be true of the K10D. Current sales, on the other hand, > indicate that the K10D is in great demand. My camera store owner told > me he wished there was some way he could get more of them. He's never > said that about a Pentax camera. As you say, history is meaningless. > Paul > On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> Past history is no indicator of future performance. >> >> >> >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> Except that the production run could sell out, as the *istDS2 and >>> perhaps even the DS did. The D is half price only because there's >>> existing stock long after it went out of production. >>> Paul >>> On Nov 26, 2006, at 11:42 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> You can buy a *ist-D new today for $799, from B&H photo. so lets >>>> see >>>> 799/1699 * 100 ~ 47% so my guess is that you'll be able to buy a >>>> K10D >>>> for ~$470 just after it's discontinued. Other than that, as the >>>> official Pentax price never fell much below $1699 I have no clue. >>>> >>>> Past history is no indicator of future performance. >>>> >>>> cbwaters wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> So, given the impressive initial price of this new camera and the >>>>> propensity >>>>> of camera prices to fall within six months to a year from launch, >>>>> what do we >>>>> feel will be the final price point? >>>>> Certainly not until after Christmas and I guess it depends on >>>>> how demand >>>>> holds up after the initial flurry. >>>>> I paid extra for my D to get one of the first batch. I don't have >>>>> that >>>>> option this time around (sadly). I'm wondering when the price >>>>> might drop a >>>>> little. I'd like to get the kit lens & grip for what the kit >>>>> sells for. >>>>> What do ye think? >>>>> >>>>> CW >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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
