Not really. Marques have been fairly stable for about two decades, but we lost a lot between the seventies and the full implementation of autofocus. Gone from the 35mm SLR business are Topcon, Petri, Chinon, Miranda, Mamiya, Rollei and after living on as a ghostly shadow, Olympus finally shook off its 35 SLR product line. Who knows how many others have escaped my memory. I haven't seen the Ricoh name on any new SLRs for a few years either, and I have no idea what Alpa is doing although they still exist in some form.
Now, we are seeing the digital revolution pick off the stragglers in the same way that autofocus did before. regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) > > Yeah, but camera systems are dead ending much more than they used to -- more > often, and sooner. > (snip) > > Marnie aka Doe ;-)
