On 23/08/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:49 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > > > And whilst I agree that the Pentax bodies are selling well at the > > moment I'm still not convinced that the volume is sustainable or > > particularly profitable as they appear to be priced ridiculously low. > > And yet somehow their camera division is making more money than ever in > the history of the company right now...
From: Outline of Finances and Business Results in 1st Quarter of 2006 Business Year (Consolidated) http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/company/ir/semi/soa/info20060727.pdf "the net sales of the Imaging System Business as a whole amounted to 1,741 million yen (4.5% increase from the comparable term in the previous year). The operating income drastically increased to 300 million yen (compared with a 1,075 million operating loss of the comparable term in the previous year) because of increased sales and decreased cost." No, they've been performing poorly due to costs and now they are selling some cameras, operating income is up significantly but as a percentage sales are only up 4.5%, good but no panacea. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
