Larger buffer better view finder, same sensor. The Jpeg processing is more pleasing to those who're moving up from a P&S, but I doubt that you'd shoot Jpeg and who except a beginner would shoot Jpeg without setting up the camera to their liking. You disagree? Still obviously you want an argument so I guess you do. By the way have you even seen a K110D or it's direct ancestor the DL, let alone bought one? I thought not.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Strange. Why is a Ds a better camera overall? Enlighten us. > Paul > On Oct 29, 2007, at 8:21 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > >> K110d's seem to be MIA, not available anywhere, but then again a >> used Ds >> or Ds2 sells for less and is a better camera overall. >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> I doubt it, from everything I've seen, Pentax has been shipping >>> K10D's >>> out to stores about as fast as they can get them in. >>> >>> K110D's on the other hand... >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> Tom C wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I said alot more because the article said "Sales at the company, >>>> which also >>>> makes medical >>>> equipment rose 15 percent". >>>> >>>> I suspect alot of those sub-$700 K10D's are in the writedown. >>>> >>>> What is says to me is that while sales are up (good) and profit >>>> is up >>>> (good), due to the writedown, net income is down (bad). >>>> >>>> >>>> Tom C. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: Re: Pentax Inventory Writedown >>>>> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:51:00 -0400 >>>>> >>>>> Tom C wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Paraphrased from a 10/29 Bloomberg article: >>>>>> >>>>>> Pentax Corp., said first-half profit fell 45 percent, missing >>>>>> its own >>>>>> estimate, after writing down the value of its inventory. >>>>>> >>>>>> Net income declined to 600 million yen ($5.3 million) in the >>>>>> six months >>>>>> ended Sept. 30, lagging behind its July forecast of 1.4 billion >>>>>> yen. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Sales >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> at the company, which also makes medical >>>>>> equipment rose 15 percent. >>>>>> >>>>>> "We have depreciated our inventory, including endoscopes, as we >>>>>> had >>>>>> difficulty competing with our rivals,'' mainly in North >>>>>> America, Jiro >>>>>> Okamura, a spokesman at the Tokyo-based company, said >>>>>> by telephone. The writedown led to a one-time loss of about 900 >>>>>> million >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> yen, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> he said. >>>>>> >>>>>> The company's sales rose to 85.6 billion yen from 74.7 billion >>>>>> yen. >>>>>> Operating profit, or sales minus the cost of goods sold and >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> administrative >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> expenses, more than doubled to 3.3 billion yen from >>>>>> 1.56 billion yen. >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe those bargain basement camera prices in N.A. aren't that >>>>>> great >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> after >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> all. Selling a lot more things that aren't worth as much. >>>>>> >>>>>> Tom C. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> That could explain the recent flood of Pentax refurbs that I've >>>>> seen here >>>>> in Canada. They're going cheap too. Lots of low-end MZ's, FA-J >>>>> lenses, and >>>>> a few DS's and DL's. >>>>> >>>>> If you write down inventory, you aren't talking about 'Selling a >>>>> lot more >>>>> things that aren't worth as much.', you're talking about excess >>>>> stock. >>>>> >>>>> It sounds like Pentax wrote down a fair bit of older stuff they >>>>> were >>>>> sitting on (like the aforementioned cheap film kit) which >>>>> impacted their >>>>> net income. Otherwise the numbers look good, especially the >>>>> operating >>>>> profit increase. >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >>>>> above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> The difference between individual intelligence and group >> intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the >> Harvard University football team. >> >> -- P. J. O'Roark >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > > -- The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football team. -- P. J. O'Roark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
