This is wonderful news! I left Henry's previous message appended, as this message is a continuation and elaboration of that message.
Just when we thought Pentax was going to abandon us, right? All the doom-sayers can now recant. Or remain silent and ponder... <grin> keith whaley Iren & Henry Chu wrote: > > Dear all, > > 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]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >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
