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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
I guess Bob is right, the anti-digital backlash is upon us. Nikon recently
said they will be ramping up monthly D70 production to 90,000 and expects to sell one MILLION dSLR's this year (up from 300,000 last year). Sales of all Nikon digital cameras are projected to hit 7.8 million this year. Canon sells even more than Nikon. What were those figures for medium format again, 25,000 for all Japanese companies combined? Yep, the backlash is here and the switch to MF is upon us .... http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=5438031 |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton writes:
What were those figures for medium format again, 25,000 for all Japanese companies combined? Yep, the backlash is here and the switch to MF is upon us Disposable film cameras outnumber all other types of cameras combined. So what? -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton wrote:
I guess Bob is right, the anti-digital backlash is upon us. And your pro-digital rants have what to do with medformat cameras? Funny you don't see anyone here going into the digital groups posting "Medformat blows digital away" yet the opposite happens on almost a daily basis. -- Stacey |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton wrote:
I guess Bob is right, the anti-digital backlash is upon us. Nikon recently said they will be ramping up monthly D70 production to 90,000 and expects to sell one MILLION dSLR's this year (up from 300,000 last year). Sales of all Nikon digital cameras are projected to hit 7.8 million this year. Canon sells even more than Nikon. What were those figures for medium format again, 25,000 for all Japanese companies combined? Yep, the backlash is here and the switch to MF is upon us ... Goes to show that people should be very careful when dealing with figures. Figures alone say nothing at all. You'll have to know what they mean, and you'll have to know and consider context very carefully when interpreting them. 35 mm film cameras have outsold MF cameras like that for decades before. It never hurt MF a bit. Yet i'd agree that MF is under threat from 35 mm based digital poducts. See other thread. |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton wrote:
I guess Bob is right, the anti-digital backlash is upon us. Nikon recently said they will be ramping up monthly D70 production to 90,000 and expects to sell one MILLION dSLR's this year (up from 300,000 last year). Sales of all Nikon digital cameras are projected to hit 7.8 million this year. Canon sells even more than Nikon. What were those figures for medium format again, 25,000 for all Japanese companies combined? Yep, the backlash is here and the switch to MF is upon us This week Fuji claimed Digital prices are collapsing and they'll have to cut costs. They expect to cut R&D. If people were killing each other to buy digital then why do companies have to give the stuff away to get it off the shelf? Nick |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
If you think "Digital prices are collapsing" look at the Canon products ... the 1Ds (11 Mpixel full-frame dSLR) came out at $7,999 almost 18 months ago and today the price has "collapsed" all the way to $7,495 at B&H. Geez. That's more than 10 times the price I paid for my Mamiya C330. With 3 lenses. -- Vincent Becker Photographie et appareils anciens - Photography and classic cameras URL:http://www.lumieresenboite.com Merci de passer par mon site pour les réponses par courriel |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton wrote:
[...] If you think "Digital prices are collapsing" look at the Canon products .... [...] The way prices are collapsing is the same as they are and have been doing in the PC-market. You can't shift yesterday's stuff for yesterday's prices today. Wait until Canon replaces their 1DS mid- or even early next year, and you'll notice how that replacement will sell for no more, probably even a small bit less than the 1DS today. (We have seen that happening with High-End film scanners too: the present, improved, generation Nikon scanners, for instance, cost less than the previous generation did until very, very recently.) And then they can't sell any remaining 1DS for anything near what they cost today. So the pressure is on to get rid of them before a replacement (need not be a Canon product... this year's Photokina looms ominously over the market) appears. And that does put a lot of pressure on pricing policy decisions. Since new, "better" digital products hit the market almost every week, especially in the consumer segment, prices are indeed under a heavy strain, certainly buckling, ready to collapse, if they are not collapsing right now. |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Bill Hilton wrote:
If you think "Digital prices are collapsing" look at the Canon products ... the 1Ds (11 Mpixel full-frame dSLR) came out at $7,999 almost 18 months ago and today the price has "collapsed" all the way to $7,495 at B&H. And it's still in short supply ... when I bought mine in April I had to wait two weeks to find one at a reputable dealer. Now I see why you're continuosly on such a "pro-digital" rant, you've invested many thousands of dollars and need to feel you didn't waste your money. Yes my $150 used mamiya M645 kicks your 1Ds's butt! :-) Please take these unrelated posts to a relevant newsgroup. -- Stacey |
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Anti-digital backlash continues ...
Vincent Becker wrote:
If you think "Digital prices are collapsing" look at the Canon products ... the 1Ds (11 Mpixel full-frame dSLR) came out at $7,999 almost 18 months ago and today the price has "collapsed" all the way to $7,495 at B&H. Geez. That's more than 10 times the price I paid for my Mamiya C330. With 3 lenses. And 8 times more than I paid for my mamiya 645 with lenses. I'm not even going to think how much kiev gear you could buy for 1/10 of that! :-) -- Stacey |
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