prices are dropping faster than costs for the digital P&S market and there is pressure on the low end from camera phones. the camera companies not carving out a niche in the DSLR market just won't make it.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:04 AM Subject: Red Ink over digital > I read an article today highlighting Olympus's problems making money > in digital cameras. I think they said Sony, Nikon, Pentax, and > Minolta were all in the red. They said the strategy was essentially > waiting for the other manufactures to 'chicken out' and leave the > market to their brand because of the red ink. The other 'strategy' > was to move up in price to the digital SLR, but Olympus and Minolta > were already too late for this.

