Lucas Rijnders wrote:
Op Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:46:40 +0100 schreef Jaume Lahuerta
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Hi,
I have just seen this in dpreview forum:
http://konicaminolta.com/releases/2006/0119_03_01.html
Yes, sad :(
It's a bit unclear what really is going to happen: it seems KM will
keep on producing SLR's and lenses for Sony?
Not by my reading, they will in the interim make DSLR's for Sony. Sony
will take over manufacture and marketing by the end of the year. They
will probably be hiring some or all of the people involved in designing
and manufacturing the DSLRs and be buying all dies and equipment from
Konica. Anything not applicable to DSLR's will be junked and those
workers not involved in design and manufacture of DSLRs will be
remaindered to Konica to be reassigned or let go. At the same time
Konica will be giving whatever film and photo developing business is
left over to Noritsu. I wonder if they, Konica, will still manufacture
film, (do they still manufacture film, I haven't seen any of theirs in a
very long time).
If true, I hope that it is not an exemple for another
brand that we all know...
Pentax _stated_ they would keep marketing camera's under their own
brand. The announcement of the Samsung GX-1S (before any takeover
announcements) is consistent with this. Besides: the deal with
Samsung excludes camera's over $1500,-, like the D645 (and of course
the D-LX :p). I think Pentax will stay around for a while...
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LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo.
This is probably not what I think it is :o) Would be handy to carry a
tripod through the Andes, though...
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Regards, Lucas
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