Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 We will see that soon enough. I see a longer list of buyers for sub2500. A very short list for 3500plus. But ofcourse you can't make the same camera with those price tags, they are very different.
Agreed. And until we see the price we will not have any idea. However, I suspect Ricoh does. By this point they should have been taking orders from dealers for some time. And the dealers will know the retail as well as their cost so the orders Ricoh is receiving will be a strong indication of how well it will sell.
You and I and a couple people in the RIcoh marketing office can only guess. But when you ask several thousand retailers to put money on the line you will get a very good idea of whether they think the price is right, and how many they will sell at that price.
Personally at <$2,000 I am pre-ordering. $2k to $2.5 I will likely wait a bit and see the reviews. Over $2.5k I will until fall or Black Friday sales. I have a trip to the Caribbean scheduled for March, if they can deliver before then I'll buy at up to $3k for the trip. But after that no point in rushing for me. And it looks like they will not make March so I guess I wait.