DSLR Production Rate
Ken Takeshita sent to Pentax-Discuss Mail List interesting figures he encountered in one of the Japanese forums. They are the manufacturers’ planned production at the time of the launch.
- Pentax *istDL – 20 000
- Pentax *istDS – 6 000
- Pentax *istDS2 – 4 000
- Pentax *istDL2 -3 000
- Pentax K100D – 15 000
- Sony α100 – 80 000
- Nikon D200 – 40 000
- Canon 20D – 50 000
- Nikon D70 – 70 000
- Nikon D50 – 140 000
- Canon KissD (a.k.a. 300D a.k.a. Rebel) – 70 000
- Canon KissDN (a.k.a. 350D a.k.a. Rebel XT) – 130 000
