Unfortunately Pentax Imaging would just be a pimple on Hoya's ass. Bob Shell wrote: > On May 11, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > > >>> They probably should >>> have gone ahead and produced the full frame digital in spite of the >>> problems with the Philips chip. >>> >> Contax did it... and they went out of business two years ago. >> > > Yes, but for totally different reasons. Contax was just a pimple on > Kyocera's ass, and killing it was no big deal to their corporate > profit picture. It was a very questionable business decision, since > they had produced the finest medium format camera system and some > innovative point and shoot digital cameras, but killing Contax and > Yashica had little impact on Kyocera's bottom line. Contax never > lacked for prestige. > > Pentax is in a totally different position, since they are not just a > tiny division of a corporate giant. For them, shutting down would be > the end. > > Bob > >
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