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.


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