Doh. I misread the earlier comment. I thought he said the Ds was a better camera than the K10D. I agree it's better than the 110. Paul On Oct 29, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
> Better viewfinder, larger buffer, better build, TTL flash support. The > K110D is really an *istDL with the 11-point AF unit. The K100D only > adds > SR. A > > Having owned the K100D and the DS, apart from SR and AF performance > (And > slightly better JPEG's), the DS is clearly superior. > > -Adam > > 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. >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
