No, no, Tom, you have to look at these things in isolation (GRIN).
The state of the external economy has nothing to do with it. Pentax is doomed,
doomed, I say. Pentax will go belly up and all our Pentax equipment will
dissolve into puddles of goo. Our relentless resident APT has been predicting
this for years now.
BTW, it has been reported here by myself, Pal, and others for insider rumors
that Pentax is acquiring their own FAB capability. Think what that kind of
purchase will do to short term profits. Think of what that means to Pentax's
view of their our future. Another thing to think about is that their imaging
division produces a lot of stuff other than cameras much of it never seen nor
heard of here in the US.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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Tom Reese wrote:
DagT wrote:
På 19. jul. 2005 kl. 16.37 skrev Sylwester Pietrzyk:
Herb Chong wrote on 19.07.05 17:13:
with Panasonic paired up with Olympus and now Sony with Konica-Minolta,
there's no major Japanese electronics company left to partner with.
Hmmmm... there is still big Fuji with their own CCD technology.
Why Japanese, why not develop their cooperation with Kodak further.
I suspect that the collapse of the Japanese real estate bubble has hurt
Pentax quite a bit. Someone a while back said that most of Pentax's
market is Japan itself. The Japanese economy is struggling because their
real estate bubble burst leaving a lot of people with a crushing debt
burden. They are trying to pay off their debts and that doesn't leave
much for camera purchases.
The information regarding the Japanese economy came from some news show
I watched but it is widely reported on the net if you care to look further.
Tom Reese
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