God, they are going thru the Kleenex tonight in the offices of Phase, Leaf, Hassie, and Sinar. Shedding tears by the gallon. Here is the worst economy in eighty years, and everyone's putting off buying a new MF back, waiting for this mess to blow over, and then here comes Red today, promising a camera (maybe) in a year or two, so that means that puts a hold on even more purchases, and for a longer period of time. Everyone now, holding onto their wallets, waiting for Red to come out with this Robocam.
I swear, if I was president, I'd make me a law that said, "You can't announce anything unless you can ship it within a month". Because it just puts a halt on spending. Everybody waiting waiting waiting.
Or, maybe it's just karma coming back at Phase and Sinar. They are the kings of the Wimpy Hamburger Promise, announcing things months and months in advance, except this time, with Red, it came back and bit them in the ass.
My prediction: Look for very appealing deals come February or March.
I'm going to announce a new style of photography to the Art Director world. I won't have one, but I'll just announce it. Let's just watch and see if those P.O.'s to other photographers just immediately don't get signed, and "the job goes on hold". Actually, my whole new business will be to just announce things, just so I can stop the world.