at one time, the Olympus and Canon camera divisions were making lots of money with their P&S film cameras. Olympus used to be the top selling brand in the US in terms of number of cameras sold. as to whether Pentax's marketing strategy of letting the camera division's remaining branding power sell more lenses for CD/DVD players and endoscopes, Pentax still thinks there is something to be gained by it.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "P�l Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:47 AM Subject: Re: Pentax profit news > Among the major camera manufacturers Pentax and Nikon are the ones where the camera division makes a significant contribution to the overall business. Olympus it is about 10%. Canon less than 20%. With the logic above one can wonder why these companies bothers at all. > One can wonder what the spin-off effects are for Pentax selling mainly cheap P&S. I don't think buyers of endoscopes or surveying equipment give a damned about Pentax reputation (or lack thereof?) as a camera maker.
