why now? because there is every danger that Pentax will have to exit the
camera business entirely. i think Olympus, Fuji, and Konica Minolta face the
same issues. Pentax camera shipments placed it 9th largest in terms of unit
shipments among Japanese companies last year, and like the other three i
named, hasn't made money from their camera divisions in a while. ten years
ago, the big 5 also were the top 5 in sales. now only 2 of the big 5 are.
the rules have changed entirely.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
Apart from the fact their core market and Pentax enthusiast aren't
necessarily the same, I agree. What I can't understand, however, is why
this criticism comes now in 2005 (I whined about the same thing 10 years
ago. Now I'm optimistic now that Pentax claims to make SLR's their main
focus - If I have waited 20 years I can certainly wait two more). Pentax
dumped their core market 15-20 years ago (depending on how you count).
