the numbers are as quoted. Japanese manufacturers who are members of CIPA reported less than 1000 medium and large format cameras manufacturered in 2003. this includes Bronica, Mamiya, and Pentax. i don't recognize the parent company's names of any of the Japanese large format vendors to be sure all of them are counted or not.
incidentally, Pentax yesterday bought the Artificial Bone manufacturing division from one of the Mitsubishi companies. i would say that Pentax thinks that they investing the right amount in camera development. otherwise, they would have not bought another company. Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats > > I'm not sure what these figures represent. > I don't think it can be individual sales; > under 1000 units sold just isn't credible. > > Are we, perhaps, missing a factor of 1000? > Even that sounds low, but at least believable. > > I wonder how many Hasselblads were sold in 2003?
