As I mentioned in another post, Pentax seems to be filling the pipeline again. After being sold out everywhere last week, cameras are available again. They did delay intro to build some volume. They may be making the right moves. I know we've become accustomed to them making the wrong decisions, but perhaps they're getting it right this time. Paul On Dec 5, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 06/12/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 12/05/06 9:02 AM, "Digital Image Studio", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Well let's face it, they aren't a premium photographic company stock >>> in the eyes of the vast majority of commercial analysts, there has to >>> be a reason for this, poor management come to mind? >> >> When "underdog" did a good trick, don't you admit it, forget his/her >> past >> poor behaviour and give him a treat? :-). > > Assuming that they are cashed up sufficiently to fulfill the demand > that they have created though their aggressive pricing. Otherwise the > good word is out there about the product with potential buyers > becoming frustrated and purchasing competitive products. Pentax is > obviously producing at its maximum capacity now and it seem they have > elected to starve their home market to provide product to other areas. > In any case if it makes a dent in Nikon and Canons market we will > shortly see some price adjustments from them, both companies have far > more margin to play with. > > I don't disagree that the K10D is a great product, it's well > engineered and it is obviously selling well and it should do well for > their bottom line, just not as well as it could have. > > -- > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
