Honeywell also pioneered autofocus and Minolta found out when Honeywell sued
the shit out of them!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
> Honeywell did more than just manufacture strobes. They also imported and
> manufactured
> other photographic related equipment under the Heiland and then their own
> name. (Anyone
> out there remember the Honeywell slide cube projector? Great idea lousy
> execution). There
> was also a line of Honeywell movie, (8mm and super8), cameras. And a line
> of darkroom equipment
> including enlargers.
>
> At 10:11 PM 8/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
> >Bob Blakely wrote:
> >
> > > You are may be correct regarding some industries. The auto industry is
a
> > > poor example, however. Lobbying for such things was primarily an
effort of
> > > the US Autoworkers Union, not US companies, and to my understanding,
no
> > > tariffs were applied to Japanese goods, including autos, in the 50's
and
> > > 60's. The only US camera maker of the time was Kodak. Save for a few
> > example
> > > cameras such as the Retina, most of Kodak's cameras were sold at a
loss.
> > > Kodak is not in the camera business you see. They are in the film
business.
> > > They welcomed the Japanese camera market with delight.
> > >
> > > So, um, tell me again why Windsor produces what it does with Detroit
just
> > > across the river? The US doesn't have an export tax, so what's your
> > personal
> > > economic advantage in having a Ford plant in
> > > Oakville, Ontario only a few hundred miles away from Detroit?
> >
> >Jobs. There was no Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) back when the Auto Pact
was
> >negotiated. Presumably the UAW was just looking out for its brothers
here in
> >the Great White North.
> >
> > > Why do you pay
> > > more for your Ford (or whatever) than we do for ours? - and it's made
in
> > > your country!
> >
> >Exchange rate.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Keep in mind that American import tariffs apply whether marketed
> > directly or
> > > through Honeywell. (The item is still imported.) Therefore, using
> > > protectionist tariffs as a reason Asahi had to market through
Honeywell
> > > doesn't seem to make sense.
> >
> >You're right. It was marketing. Honeywell made flashes, and marketing a
> >camera
> >under their name upon which to put those flashes made sense. And Pentax
> >had the
> >marketing department of Honeywell to deal with the US market for
> >it. Seems like
> >it made sense to me, for both parties.
> >
> >-frank
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bob...
> > >
> >
> >--
> >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> >fears it is true." -J. Robert
> >Oppenheimer
> >
> >
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