Pentax DSLR in Japan

[Oldboy 1948]

Japan is one of the few countries there you can find some stat like sold cameras. This could be of interest I guess:

Digital...Total numbers (release time)
*istD.............5912 (2003sep)
*istDS..........21311 (2004nov)
*istDL..............749 (2005jul)
*istDL2..........2790 (2006feb)
K100D............5312 (2007jul)
K200D............8018 (2008feb)
K10D............51047 (2007jul)
K20D............33193 (2008mar)
K-m..............10363 (2008oct)
K-x...............17113 (2009oct)
K-r................11150 (2010oct)
K-7...............33878 (2009jun)
K-5..............22971 (2010oct)
645D.............5526 (2010jun)
Analog
645N II..........646 (2001oct)
67 II............404 (1998nov)

 

[cgarrard]

Really sold well. I figured the Kx # would be much higher than that too. Who knew the K5 would outsell the Kx.

Carl
http://photographic-central.blogspot.com/

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-Thomas Jefferson

 

[ozdean]

I hadn't realized what a good seller the K10 was.
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[Michael de Ruijter]

So they generated more revenue from the 645D than the K-5?
I didn't expect that!
One 645D sold for every four K-5's sold!

 

[Oldboy 1948]

So they generated more revenue from the 645D than the K-5?
I didn't expect that!
One 645D sold for every four K-5's sold!

Yes 645D must be very important for Pentax.

Some FF numbers to compare with(release date):

Sony
Alpha 900........... 28703 (2008oct23)
Canon
EOS 1-DS............... 923 (2002nov-day?)
EOS 1-DSmark2.... 4623 (2004nov27)
EOS 1-DSmark3.... 5893 (2007nov29)
EOS 5D................ 76725 (2007mar24)
EOS 5Dmark2....... 88251 (2008nov29)
Nikon
D3........................ 28016 (2007nov30)
D3S .......................8692 (2009nov27)
D3X....................... 7044 (2008dec19)
D700..................... 43621 (2008jul25)
Kodak
DCS Pro 14n............. 265 (2003may27)
Contax
N Digital................... 3508 (2002may19)
Leica
M9............................ 2467 (2009sep10)
M9-P........................... 174 (2011jan09)

 

[Greyser]

Interesting. Is it worldwide or only japan numbers?

 

[sfa1966]

Japan is one of the few countries there you can find some stat like sold cameras. This could be of interest I guess:

Digital...Total numbers (release time)
*istD.............5912 (2003sep)
*istDS..........21311 (2004nov)
*istDL..............749 (2005jul)
*istDL2..........2790 (2006feb)
K100D............5312 (2007jul)
K200D............8018 (2008feb)
K10D............51047 (2007jul)
K20D............33193 (2008mar)
K-m..............10363 (2008oct)
K-x...............17113 (2009oct)
K-r................11150 (2010oct)
K-7...............33878 (2009jun)
K-5..............22971 (2010oct)
645D.............5526 (2010jun)
Analog
645N II..........646 (2001oct)
67 II............404 (1998nov)

Thanks. Is there a link or a reference to the data source?
--
Cheers,
sfa

A very limited photographer ...

 

[Oldboy 1948]

Interesting. Is it worldwide or only japan numbers?

It is only for Japan. I have not found any worldwide info.

 

[Oldboy 1948]

Japan is one of the few countries there you can find some stat like sold cameras. This could be of interest I guess:

Digital...Total numbers (release time)
*istD.............5912 (2003sep)
*istDS..........21311 (2004nov)
*istDL..............749 (2005jul)
*istDL2..........2790 (2006feb)
K100D............5312 (2007jul)
K200D............8018 (2008feb)
K10D............51047 (2007jul)
K20D............33193 (2008mar)
K-m..............10363 (2008oct)
K-x...............17113 (2009oct)
K-r................11150 (2010oct)
K-7...............33878 (2009jun)
K-5..............22971 (2010oct)
645D.............5526 (2010jun)
Analog
645N II..........646 (2001oct)
67 II............404 (1998nov)

Thanks. Is there a link or a reference to the data source?
--
Cheers,
sfa

A very limited photographer ...

I have used this link:
http://photohito.com/camera/

and as I click on any camera I can get info like this
http://kakaku.com/item/00491211147/

I have not found any info about Pentax analog SLR for 35mm

The link
http://kakaku.com/camera

can give us more info about DSLRs or Compacts in sale today as how many new orders they have on D4 or EOS 1DX

 

[ET2]

Well we were told FF don't sell, but these are big numbers if they are only for Japan.

And Sony sold more A900 than Pentax did Kx? Looks suspicious.

Sony
Alpha 900........... 28703 (2008oct23)
Canon
EOS 1-DS............... 923 (2002nov-day?)
EOS 1-DSmark2.... 4623 (2004nov27)
EOS 1-DSmark3.... 5893 (2007nov29)
EOS 5D................ 76725 (2007mar24)
EOS 5Dmark2....... 88251 (2008nov29)
Nikon
D3........................ 28016 (2007nov30)
D3S .......................8692 (2009nov27)
D3X....................... 7044 (2008dec19)
D700..................... 43621 (2008jul25)
Kodak
DCS Pro 14n............. 265 (2003may27)
Contax
N Digital................... 3508 (2002may19)
Leica
M9............................ 2467 (2009sep10)
M9-P........................... 174 (2011jan09)

 

[Oldboy 1948]

Well we were told FF don't sell, but these are big numbers if they are only for Japan.

And Sony sold more A900 than Pentax did Kx? Looks suspicious.

Sony
Alpha 900........... 28703 (2008oct23)
Canon
EOS 1-DS............... 923 (2002nov-day?)
EOS 1-DSmark2.... 4623 (2004nov27)
EOS 1-DSmark3.... 5893 (2007nov29)
EOS 5D................ 76725 (2007mar24)
EOS 5Dmark2....... 88251 (2008nov29)
Nikon
D3........................ 28016 (2007nov30)
D3S .......................8692 (2009nov27)
D3X....................... 7044 (2008dec19)
D700..................... 43621 (2008jul25)
Kodak
DCS Pro 14n............. 265 (2003may27)
Contax
N Digital................... 3508 (2002may19)
Leica
M9............................ 2467 (2009sep10)
M9-P........................... 174 (2011jan09)

I believe a Pentax FF in the same price as Alpha 900 would sell very well in Japan as Pentax APS-C is stronger than Sony APS-C. However it is difficult to say much about the 2nd hand market regarding lenses. i mean it should be of interest to know how many Pentax AF versus Minolta/Sony AF they have....

 

[Yukumizu]

It is NOT the sold cameras, it's the number of comments.

 

[GeeEmm]

It is NOT the sold cameras, it's the number of comments.

Would you care to elaborate on that rather cryptic comment?

 

[Oldboy 1948]

It is NOT the sold cameras, it's the number of comments.

Would you care to elaborate on that rather cryptic comment?

Yes as I know no Japanese it looks as I have given you wrong info. Yukumizu can you find any info about sold cameras in Japan or wordwide?

 

[ET2]

It is NOT the sold cameras, it's the number of comments.

That makes more sense.

 

[Russell Evans]

It is NOT the sold cameras, it's the number of comments.

Now this is funny. Lost in translation. LOL

Thank you
Russell

 

[Yukumizu]

クチコミ means comment in English (which is not my native langage, I'm French).
Exactly : mouth + communication, word of mouth I presume.

I have no information. I can read simple japanese. That's all.

 

[AlbertSiegel]

Sorry to say that these numbers are not units sold. They are indeed comments.

 

[ozdean]

Well that makes a bit of difference - LOL, not trying to be rude.
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