Re: Professional Pentax

[Herb Chong]

i can't find P�l's original message, but Leica is seemingly headed the same 
way as Hasselblad. the cost of developing the R digital back is going to be 
very high and they are not going to sell many of them. their digital P&S 
models are co-designed with and mostly paid for by Panasonic.

Herb...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Professional Pentax


P�l Jensen wrote:

The H1 and the X-pan. The rest of the range is probably soon history. I 
wouldn't be surprised the Hasselblad is soon just a brand name for some 
larger company like Contax is for Kyocera. I feel pretty sure that some 
companies wont survive intact the transition to digital. It is a far too 
bloody revolution to leave no causualities. Just like the electronic 
revolution killed several venerable companies. In particular I believe 
that small companies whose image is based on mechanical engineering 40-50 
years ago are in the danger zone. I suspect Canon is a more valuable brand 
name for the younger generations than Hasselblad. Lets face it, old farts 
are dying out and hardly anyone younger than 40 connect Carl Zeiss with 
something particular whereas Canon L lenses are well known. It might be 
wrong though...