Originally posted by RiceHigh The price of the K20D has been going down steep slope for recent months. [:::] K20Ds are not selling well and so that Pentax needed to cut its set price aggressively.
@RH: Why do you have to see the negative options first?
I did some studies and found that only one thing is happening: K20D price was approaching and now has approached the K10D price curve after their respective launches. The attached chart shows German street price over time for both models. One should note that DSLR prices are going down (CMOS getter cheaper), not up over time (*istD was ~1500 Euro initially!). So, the K20D street price should end up slightly below the K10D street price in the end. Needless to say that the K10D was a best seller...
Note for the charts:
- The small inset chart is for the K20D, scaled in price and time axis to match. The big chart is for K10D.
- The first (high) price for the K20D was a pre-launch price and not a street price.
- Recently, the K10D prices are going up as supply stopped. Both effects to be ignored.