In any market driven economy, you sell what a customer wants... And if you have customers wanting to throw money at you for a product that isn't ready to ship, you let them And if you want to "do the right thing," you reward them by offering them a slightly lower "early adopter" price...
What I find interesting is the only people who seem to have an issue with that are the folks that want an even lower price and/or don't want to pay in advance for the privilege of being the first to get it. Invariably these are the same folks that cry foul when the vendor fulfills it's early adopter obligations and raises prices... And any vendor that has the biggest and best of anything is always going to be the one driving the upper end of the pricing scale.
Cheers,
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I can only equate to how I do business and honestly I don't sell on the fact it's less if you buy early, with the promise I will make it good later.
Sure my prices move, usually depending on the project, the budget, the bottom line, my schedule and the economy, but the delivery is all the same, as promised and on time.
I also know that the entry price for all luxury goods is higher early on and at 60mpx, that is what this camera is . . . a luxury product.
Still, nobody's crying "foul" it's just seems like a less than professional way to present a product when I start hearing quotes like "early adopter".
I still think the photography/camera business is really gotten goofy with digital and I find a lot of it not that pleasent.
Buying in as an Early Adopter in the digital world usually means paing to be a beta tester and I don't know what your business model is, but I'm not hired to test equipment.
I also know all the medium format companies have to make a profit and to do this have to introduce new product.
I'm good with that and that's not new in the world of commerce, but since most photographers are only as good as our last job, it's damn hard to walk out with a beta test camera and take a chance.
Now, the flip side is Phase usually ships reliable equipment, though they haven't hit all of their own deadlines in the past, so as far as this camera goes, until the high iso upgrade is a reality I'll personally hold off.
If I shot landscapes and 60 billion pixels (or is that million, I get confused) is more important to me than the iso then maybe I'd feel different, though I would really like some word on what the lcd looks like.
JR
