Re: Friends, Pentax and countrymen! ... (was Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-04-01 Thread Cotty
On 31/3/04, DEM BONES DEM BONES DEM EAR BONES discumbobulated: incidentally, Pentax yesterday bought the Artificial Bone manufacturing division from one of the Mitsubishi companies. >> >> >> I've got artificial hearing bones in one ear (and none in the other). Next >> time I see my consu

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-31 Thread Herb Chong
optical components include DVD laser lenses and digital camera lenses for third parties. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR pro

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-31 Thread John Forbes
. - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats I'm not sure what these figures represent. I don't think it can be individual

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread Herb Chong
er company. Herb - Original Message - From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats > > I'm not sure what these figures represent. > I don&#x

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread graywolf
Some factors to consider. 2001, 2002 were probably the worst economy in Japan of the last 50 years. Medium format cameras are still produced the old fashioned way (Make a run of 5000-1. Put them in a warehouse, and sell them until they are gone. If still selling well make another production

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2004 10:22:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not sure what these figures represent. I don't think it can be individual sales; under 1000 units sold just isn't credible. Are we, perhaps, missing a factor of 1000? Even that sounds low, but at least b

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread John Francis
hecked the figures for 2001. it was about 2300 too. huge sudden drop in > 2003 and i bet essentially 0 in 2004. > > Herb > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:00 AM > Subject: Re:

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread Herb Chong
i checked the figures for 2001. it was about 2300 too. huge sudden drop in 2003 and i bet essentially 0 in 2004. Herb - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:00 AM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR prod

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/26/2004 9:13:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > -Original Message- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FYI for those of you that care, in 2002, all Japanese > manufacturers produced > 2,366 medium and large format cameras. in 2003,

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-28 Thread Herb Chong
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:21 AM Subject: Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats > With all the Digital Rebels and other Canons and Nikon DSLRs out > there, you'd think I'd be seeing them out and about. I was walking > along the San Di

Re: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-27 Thread John Mustarde
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:06:24 -0500, you wrote: >DSLRs will outsell film SLRs this year. >if not this year, they certainly will next year. With all the Digital Rebels and other Canons and Nikon DSLRs out there, you'd think I'd be seeing them out and about. I was walking along the San Diego harbor

SV: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-27 Thread Jens Bladt
quotes and SLR production stats Pentax representatives were invited to a financial advisors conference by a place whose web site is http://www.clsa.com. the conference was held in Tokyo on March 19, 2004. Jiro Okamura, Manager of Investor Relations Group for Pentax, had these things to say about

RE: Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-26 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FYI for those of you that care, in 2002, all Japanese > manufacturers produced > 2,366 medium and large format cameras. in 2003, they produced 709. > Holy cow. tv

Pentax quotes and SLR production stats

2004-03-26 Thread Herb Chong
Pentax representatives were invited to a financial advisors conference by a place whose web site is http://www.clsa.com. the conference was held in Tokyo on March 19, 2004. Jiro Okamura, Manager of Investor Relations Group for Pentax, had these things to say about Pentax: 1) growth in the company