Re: Dpreview - New SLR

[Dr. Shaun Canning]

Pentax would be a prime candidate for acquisition right now. They are 
profitable to a point, but small enough to acquire and dismember. A 
juggernaught like Canon could easily do so. Nikon, however, are in 
trouble (well at least their parent company is in financial trouble - 
they lost 3 or 4 billion USD this last year).

Cheers
Shaun
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter J. Alling"
Subject: Re: Dpreview - New SLR


Based on the fact that they haven't introduced a new ltd. lens
lately it
may be a great finish.

True enough. I do think though, that they are going to have to turn
themselves into a brand with Leica style cachet appeal to survive.
OTOH, perhaps they can do quite well at present levels of sales,
though I suspect that those numbers will continue to erode. Canon is
just too much of a steamroller right now to not crush the smaller
players that get in the way.
William Robb

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