Some new information from digitalcamera.jp regarding the press conference today by Pentax:
1. The ten new cameras are digital (not mentioned in the web sites I quoted earlier)
2. The manufacture base of Pentax in Philippine can produce 70000-80000 digital cameras per month.
3. The image processing software of Optio S is solely Pentax in-house design.
4. All the Casio digital cameras after QV-10 use Pentax lens. The cooperative relationship between the two companies is very good and successful and will continue in the future.
5. Pentax is going to announce digital cameras of higher image quality and higher performance very soon.
6. Budget on digital camera development has doubled last year.
Regards,
Henry Chu
4/2/2003
From: "Iren & Henry Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Ten new cameras to be announced!!!!
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:20:35 +0800
Dear all,
Just got some stunning news from Japan.
Today, Pentax officially announced the Optio S in Japanese market. The President of Pentax stated that Pentax is now ready to enter the competition in digital cameras battle field, like "he is now standing in the boxing ring and the bell is ringing".
He also stated that by mid 2003, there will be more than 10 new light weight and compact Pentax cameras entering into the market. They will strengthen the advertising activities and hope to increase their market shares from 2% to 5%. The current camera production rate of the company is about 70,000 to 80,000 units per month.
Here is the Japanese link:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20030204-00000019-bcn-sci
Am I dreaming? Pentax is waking up!
Regards,
Henry Chu
4/2/2003
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