And Nikon dont make binoculars, or scanners? Besides in your figures where does it say they didnt lose money? There is no clear figure for actual, real profit as far as I can see. They quote net income or 20,910, but is this before subtracting R&D expenditure of 22,794 and capital expenditure of 25,996. There doesnt seem to be a net profit after all deductions here, and you can read the figures in any number of ways...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Rubenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 March 2002 16:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pentax prices > > > It appears that some "well known facts" aren't. According to > Nikon's financial > statements they didn't lose money last year. > (http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/portfolio/ir/10yco_f-s.htm) > For other companies that make cameras, among other things, > you can't say that > they lost money making cameras, because the company as a > whole lost money. > Unless the company's financial statement break out the > different lines of > business, you can't tell what made money and what didn't. > Some of the stuff I read here has as much voracity as a > fortune cookie. > > > --- P�l Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's well known fact industry-wide. It is written about in > photo magazines > > and you can talk to people inside the various > manufacturers organizations. > > All camera manufacturers lost money last year except Canon. > It's well known > > that the least profitable market segment is 35mm slrs. The > entry level > > camera stand for 80-90% of the volume of slr's sold. If > there was lot of > > money in upper end 35mm slr you can bet that Nikon and > Canon would not have > > be left alone. The other companies specializing on more > expensive bodies > > struggles (Leica and Contax). Nikon have used the last 20 > years to get a > > stronger grip on the volume market on expense of the pro > market. Theres a > > reason for this. > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
