They were expecting it to sell. They weren't expecting a higher-end body to be more popular at launch that the last low-end body as low-end bodies typically outsell high-end bodies by a fair margin.
-Adam Tom C wrote: > Yeah that makes alot of sense. Spend several years designing what you will > advertise as a superior product, but don't anticipate selling that many... > LOL. So how many sales will be lost? > > This is what several of us were saying months back. It's simple. Anyone > wanting to purchase a higher end body than the now, arguably passe 6MP > bodies, will be comparing Canon's bottom end offering to the other offerings > available and will see that 6MP is the bottom rung. Since Pentax has just > one body with more than 6MP, the 10MP K10D, that would logically be the > camera most potential customers would be eyeing when comparing among brands. > > Yes it's good for Pentax that the new K10D is in such high demand. It's bad > that they will inevitably lose some sales (bodies and lenses) because of > non-supply, especially those potential customers with no reason to have any > brand-loyalty to Pentax. > > Tom C. > > > > >>From: "K.Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Another interview articles >>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:27:18 -0500 >> >>Hi folks, >> >>There are a couple of interviews on K10D cropped up in Japanese articles. >>One is a bit more technical with a few participants by Pentax. Another is >>with Mr.Tatamiya (nick named "Tatamy" in Japan :-) talking about the >>marketing side. According to him (Tatamy), they really screwed up the >>forecasting of expected sales. In Japan, pre-booking of K10D exceeded that >>of K100D by more than double. In overseas market, it was even worse. In >>certain country wherein the sales have been traditionally week, they >>estimated the first shipment be approx 50 units, but the actual order was >>1000 units. This situation is reflected in Japanese site where a lot of >>people are still waiting. First shipment apparently went to satisfy the >>pre-booked orders. Next sale would be around Dec 11. It appears that >>Japan >>is most suffering. Pentax employees are not allowed to buy it (I guess >>they >>are talking about in-company sale). >>Technical interview reveals the inner working of their engineering, >> >>Anyway, as soon as I find time, I will translate both interviews >>(preempting >>the sharp-eyed finding these articles). >> >>Ken >> >> >>-- >>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
