I just read an article in the online version of Photo Industry Reporter. Several Photo Industry execs were asked what will happen in 2005:
<http://www.photoreporter.com/2005/01-24/features/whats_coming_up_in_2005.html>
A few excerpts from the comments by Jim Kast, President Pentax Imaging Company:
"The reception accorded the Pentax *ist SDS Super, our new broad-spectrum compact digital SLR, has been outstanding�much better than we expected...�
�...our overall market awareness is less than 40 percent and that�s something we have to address."
"...medium-format products are not moving because pros worry about committing large sums to film cameras of any kind. We�ve talked about coming out with a digital Pentax 645, but I can�t say anything more definitive at this point."
�Obviously the brightest spot in the Pentax lineup is digital SLRs and our goal is a 20 percent market share..."
"We also have many digital SLR accessories under development, and I think you�ll see some exciting announcements before too long."
There are also predictions from execs of Olympus, Delkin, Konica-Minolta, Canon, Kodak, and Sony.
See you later, gs
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