1) that was then and this is now. 2) they have been unable to meet sales targets for the *istD and haven't had any significant impact on their total quarterly digital camera sales. 3) no-one among analysts believes that they will make the 2.3M digital camera 2004 sales target, which would have put them at under 4%. 4) even if they make their sales target, profit margins are plummeting and the camera division will not make much more money than in 2003.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "P�l Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: Re: The public and Pentax > Completely in contradiction to their official statement late last year where they explicitely intended to increas their digital market share from 3 to 5% by 2005. Also, in contradiction to the information given to their distributors where they say they intend to release more volume digital products in order to increase market share. > You also once published figures of 3 million lens sales last yar which also seems completely unrealistic and more fitting for Canon, as it constitutes almost the complete number of A lenses ever manufactured.
