[HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
- From: "Franc Flipsen" <fujifan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:52:28 -0600
Frank,
I don't think it matters where you are in the world. Here in Edmonton, AB
Canada (pop. 1M in Metro) my dealer sold his first shipment of 30 D3's in 4
days and sold 50 D700 in a week. He still is selling D3's at 4-5 a week and a
dozen D700's every week, and mostly to amatuers/Semi pros. He tells me the
D700 is very popular with the students, They'll do without for a few months
just to own one.
Franc
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Filippone
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
Jim, to be fair, you do live in the Techno-center of the world. I think
that if I heard this from someone in Des Moines Iowa, it would have more impact
as a universal market.
And, OTOH, I could be wrong about who is buying these things.. it could be
Joe Six-Pack..
Imagine.. Disneyland with 10,000 Fathers using H3 39MP cameras.... It
boggles the mind...the rest are using D3 and D700 and Mark somethings.
I really think the market is tiny.. And limited to those amateurs with high
disposable incomes and Pros.
Frank Filippone
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[mailto:hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Brick
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:58 AM
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
Funny thing is, my local photo shop (Keeble & Shuchat Photography) has
trouble keeping D3's, D700's 1Ds Mark III's, 5D's, and now 5D Mark III's in
stock. They run out of the store as fast as they can get them in. I their
initial stock of 100 D700's were gone in two days. KSP also does a land office
business in large format ink splatter printers. Someone other than photo pro's
and lawyers are buying this stuff. And when Mary Mac worked there, KSP was the
top MF digital back sales store west of the Rockies. In a year, the number of
Imacon & Leaf backs that went out of KSP was mind boggling! I don't remember
the number but it was huge.
Again, there has to be a ton of folks buying this stuff - all of the time -
or the companies who make them would not make them. The amount of R&D and
production cost that goes into a new digital system (Hx, Canon, Nikon, Leaf,
Sinar, ???), is staggering, and they must be recouping the cost, or, it
wouldn't work.
IMHO,
Jim
On Oct 10, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
And just who do you think can afford a $5K to $8K camera body, other than
pros that can write it off? A few rich amateurs? Very Few?
Some of us have financial obligations. like house payments, car payments,
medical payments or insurance payments, child support payments, or ( heaven
forbid) alimony payments.
The world really is NOT flush with disposable income magnates..much as the
world marketing organizations want you to believe otherwise......
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