Thankfully,it appears that Pentax is creating a new history. Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
