Maybe with all the talk of Pentax being bought and the Hoya dropping the imaging division has had some effect as well. However based on DSLR production cycles, it's about time for there to be a price drop and rumors of the replacement to start being bandied about.
Tom C wrote: > Is Pentax doing that? Prices recently came down on the K10D, at least. That > would seem to indicate they're not selling every item as soon as it hits the > shelves and sales of the new model has peaked and is tapering off. That also > indicates the profit margin on new ones rolling of the assembly line just > shrunk. > > Also it matters because selling 100% of what you make at little to no profit > does not keep a business running and provides little capital to invest in > new R&D for the next new product. > > > Tom C. > > > >> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Pentax Update - Shakeup in the Works (again) >> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:23:53 -0400 >> >> Also, WTFDDIM if you have 1%, 10%, or 80% of the market as long as you >> are selling all the product you can make, as it seems Pentax is doing? >> The only problem comes when you have lots of stock sitting in warehouses >> and poor sales. Then you are in trouble even if you have 100% of the >> market. >> >> There are companies out their who only have .01% of their market, but >> are making out like bandits. There are companies who have a near >> monopoly and are sinking fast. ROI is the important thing, not market >> share. >> >> -graywolf >> >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> Funny, the market share of DSLRs is supposed to be much higher. I >>> expect mis-information being used used as an attack. Reuters doesn't >>> give a source for that 2.3% figure anywhere do they. Most likely they >>> got that number from a party trying to sway shareholder sentiment. It's >>> always a good bet to depend on reporters laziness. >>> >>> Tom C wrote: >>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/2la524 >>>> >>>> >From Reuters... >>>> >>>> The move to overthrow Pentax's current management comes after Watanuki >>>> >> told >> >>>> Sparx in a meeting last week that he rejected the earlier merger plan >>>> >> though >> >>>> he hadn't mapped out an alternative to Hoya's proposal, the source >>>> >> said. >> >>>> Although Watanuki has denied that he was opposed to the merger plan >>>> >> with >> >>>> high-tech glass maker Hoya, local media have reported that the majority >>>> >> of >> >>>> the Pentax board, including the new president, went against Urano for >>>> >> having >> >>>> been open to the possible sale of the company's camera business. >>>> >>>> Pentax, which had been a pioneer in cameras with removable lenses for >>>> professionals and advanced amateurs, has lost out in the shift to >>>> >> digital >> >>>> devices. Its market share in the global digital camera market stands at >>>> >> just >> >>>> 2.3 percent. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
