Not to mention the gazillions of dollars that the K and M series camera's made all those years ago....
Shaun Canning Archaeology Department La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia. Ph: 0414-967 644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2002 02:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is there a Pentax Future? ----- Original Message ----- From: frank theriault Subject: Re: Is there a Pentax Future? , the Hudsons's Bay Company, some 10 or 20 years > ago appeared to have it's days numbered. Now, it's healthy and vibrant. HBC is still one of the biggest real estate owners in Canada, thanks to the part they played in Confederation. This is the only reason for their relative health today. If you look at their retail operations, Zeller's is pretty much a non issue, and HBC stock is on par with other junk bonds. Eaton's commited suicide. If you look at Pentax from the perspective of patents in use, they have a whole slew of licensed or sold technology out there, in use by most every Japanese camera maker, and just because we, as a group, don't pay much heed to their p&s cameras, they are profitable and very successful in their market niche. I also expect the MZ series (the cheap and cheerful ones) made gobs of money for them. They had to have gotten a dozen cameras off that one platform, all of which seemed successful enough. There are lots of comparatively small, but very healthy camera companies right now. Mamiya, Hasselblad, Leica, and Bronica are all miniscule companies in the photo marketplace, but they seem healthy enough. William Robb
