Bruce wrote:
Right now
the US and Canada make up almost 50% of the entire world
market for digital cameras.
I seriously doubt these numbers (can anyone check this up?). Not long ago
numbers were published that showed another scenario; the US were quite a
bit behind Europe and Japan as the
Right now
the US and Canada make up almost 50% of the entire world
market for digital cameras.
I seriously doubt these numbers (can anyone check this up?). Not long ago
numbers were published that showed another scenario; the US were quite a
bit behind Europe and Japan as the biggest digital
On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Audun Jensen wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Right now the US and Canada make up almost 50% of the entire world
market for digital cameras.
I seriously doubt these numbers (can anyone check this up?).
It is correct. According to IDC (International Data Corp) report
Thank you. You saved me the effort of digging up the reference. I have been
trying to make an effort to include references to the sources for things
like this.
From: Lawrence Kwan
Bruce wrote:
Right now the US and Canada make up almost 50% of the entire world
market for digital cameras.
I
I could be wrong, but I think for those developing countries, digital is
still way too far away. Of course, one might have no trouble to purchase
some nice equipments and print their own pictures at home. But this is
applicable to the rich developed countries mainly, if not only. For the rest
Bruce wrote:
Pentax and Minolta are on life support. Olympus,
although strong now is relying on other manufacturers to
produce their products and has little of their own
technology or engineering in their cameras, although it
is rumored that they will have a new camera with
dedicated lenses on
Steven wrote:
I really don't think film will disappear anytime soon.
No, it won't disappear. The are literally hundreds of millions 35mm film
cameras out there and some are going to want to use them. Therefore,
somebody is going to provide film for these cameras.
The interesting
question
Bruce wrote:
Olympus,
although strong now is relying on other manufacturers to
produce their products and has little of their own
technology or engineering in their cameras, although it
is rumored that they will have a new camera with
dedicated lenses on the market in the fall.
According to
to be in the forefront of anything only having good
sales in Northern Europe.
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Bruce wrote:.
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Bruce quoted,
Pentax and Minolta are on life support. Olympus, although strong now is
relying on other manufacturers to produce their products and has little of
their own technology or engineering in their cameras, although it is
rumored that they will have a new camera with dedicated lenses on
hear, hear - well said that man!
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Subject: Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
Bruce quoted,
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Bruce wrote:
Olympus,
although strong now is relying on other manufacturers to
produce their products and has little of their own
technology or engineering in their cameras, although it
is rumored that they will have a new camera with
dedicated lenses
Those were models that neither HP or Pentax sell
anymore. It would appear that their joint venture has
gone the way of spats.
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But Pentax makes the H-P cameras.
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An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART
II - The Darker View, from:
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0206/editorial.htm
Pentax and Minolta are on life support. Olympus,
although strong now is relying on other manufacturers to
produce their products and has little of their
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART
II - The Darker View, from:
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0206/editorial.htm
I, personally, like the last paragraph:
Many of these retailers see a gradual move in the future back to
Bruce tossed out for our perusal
An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART
II - The Darker View, from: ... digitaljournalist.org
What else would one expect from an outfit that is riding
the digital wave? Anything remotely affecting film in a
Bruce,
Thanks for pointing that out. It is always interesting to hear other
points of view. Gives you more perspective to sort things out.
Bruce Dayton
Thursday, June 13, 2002, 10:07:47 AM, you wrote:
ban An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART
ban II - The Darker View,
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From: gfen
Subject: Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
I, personally, like the last paragraph:
Many of these retailers see a gradual move in the future back
to film.
According to one, most people don't know what the hell
they are doing
with those
I really don't think film will disappear anytime soon. The interesting
question is if there will be room in the smaller market for Pentax.
In addition, smaller sales provides less RD money, so it becomes hard
to keep up. I'm not sure how diversified Pentax is, although I do know
they make
Steven Desjardins wrote:
Does anyone know where you can look at any financial information
about these companies?
Hi Steven,
Answer to your question is, Sure -- I know a couple places! All publicly
traded companies in the US (don't know if this includes ~all~ of the major
camera
Steven,
If you have a good public or college library near you try their Reference
Dept. Good libraries often have a financial section with up-to-date reports
in the Reference Dept. You can't check the material out, but you should be
able to find what you need quite easily. And don't forget
: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:46:15 -0700
By the way, nice to see a yet another fellow chemist on the list.
Lots of competition. But my
longer-than-expected postdoc at SUNY Buffalo was one of the most
rewarding and enjoyable jobs I've ever had, in spite
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