i assume that people have very distorted impressions of what developing or buying an already developed EVF would cost.
never as much as you think it would... never ever...
i dont believe those "self cost production lies", they spread about distinct phones and game consoles, neither do i believe this lie when it comes to photography....
What this would cost... as if they would own only one little screw of RICOH. ... (+_°)
Who has got how much market share... in compact DC sales... How would you
KNOW all this??(OK Ricoh will leave the mass market alone for a while... but i think you can also expect a comeback here.)
All that does mean very little to me, because this can only be assumptions.
And since PENTAX is now owned by a company that is way bigger than Nikon, Pentax-RICOH users/loyals should demand a bit more...including a really awesome EVF that is en par with EVFs found in other brands cameras.
I KNOW that RICOH got restructured in 2014... that cost time and energy, also a reason why some things are on hold or may take a bit more time than expected...
Some people dont get that PENTAX is a brand name, now owned by the RICOH-Imaging Dpt. ... so it had to be integrated in first place... to get things done the right way.
I dont have any clue how much which department contributes to the financial report. (I guess imaging belongs to the consumer branch, and maybe a bit to the industrial as sensors, (yes sensors....uuuhhh) and lenses produced by RICOH get used in industrial applications also.
They also produce beamers and sell many more products and services than you can imagine... We also signed a contract with Indian officials, which brought us a mandate to equip approximately 129.000 indian post offices with printing and IT infrastructure...
We sell equipment that you may see in some hollywood movies... beamers ... interactive whiteboards...
If you want further info on what is going on in the company you could have a look at:
BUT two things i really KNOW is that this company is way more worth than Nikon and that when you read the financial reports of this company you will see a very BIG net income after taxes.
All that only a few years after taking over a rundown
Camera Sales infrastructure (PENTAX) and one year after restructuring as a whole and resetting industrial branch.
SO PLEASE DONT WORRY ABOUT THE F. COST WHEN YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
DEMAND AN EVF IN THE NEXT Q....
I know that i actually stated, that one should not be interested in how much a technical agent pays for parts somewhere in asia....
But i laid out to you what PENTAX --> RICOH-Imaging really is now and what its part of,
to stop your angst and stop you fancying around how much a godd.. EVF would cost the company...
We arent down on ones uppers.... People have to stop themselves thinking this way...
The Pentax spirit was saved and now it goes UP!!!
CONCLUSION:
If we want an
EVF we should demand it LOUD and CLEARLY.
I am begging you on my knees: "Prevent saying Q will fizzle and die." and please show a bit of gratitude and stop moaning when RICOH gets printed on a PENTAX camera...