Paal wrote:
> Hmm.. There were recent rumors from Japan that Minolta might
> sell off their whole camera division.
The off-Japan places are independent companies in the Minolta group.
To a certain degree this is already a sell off (out?).
> As read this, it might mean that Minolta will tone down slr
> development and concentrate on digital development;
I don't think this, but similar to Pentax they have to catch up a bit
on the market leaders, so their main efforts will go there for sure.
> For Pentax, the MZ-series is now pure profit. R&D is long payed
> off. So the situation might be somewhat different.
Of course, Pentax has moved the MZ-production off-Japan already a
while ago. Medium format and telescopes were the main Japan
activities. I'm sure that projects like the new digital SLR demand
all existing capacities at a company like Pentax.
> I don't think so (regarding the MZ-S Japan production). In
> fact, I believe cameras like the MZ-S is exactly among those
> that can survive in this scenario.
Basically this is what I wanted to say. Especially with the digital
sister. Nonetheless they might produce some parts off-Japan together
with the rest of the MZ-line.
Ralf
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