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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
Near identical, rotten little silver boxes should be left to the
marketing companies like what's left of Vivitar and GE to produce. Camera phones will replace the P&S at some point as well. If this story is true, Pentax is doing the right thing. The evolution of this will be mirrorless DSLRs. from amateurphotography magazine: Pentax to 'phase out' digital compact camera production Tuesday 12th February 2008 Chris Cheesman Optio A40 Pentax plans to phase out digital compact camera production and concentrate on DSLRs, according to a report in a leading Japanese trade journal, which has not been denied by Pentax Europe. Pentax, which is one of the most famous brands in photography, is due to merge with Hoya Corporation on 31 March. Hoya's CEO Hiroshi Suzuki is reported to have told Japanese trade magazine Pen News Weekly that Pentax will concentrate on DSLRs and 'gradually phase down development and production of compact digicams in future'. At the time of writing we were waiting for an official comment from Pentax. It is thought that, in the short term at least, Pentax will use a third party to manufacture its compact cameras. The Pen article adds that Hoya 'will focus its development resources on DSLRs and will gradually phase down marketing operations for compact digicams under the Pentax brand and specialise in OEM businesses in order to improve the profit profile of its digicam business operations'. |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:02 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote in : Near identical, rotten little silver boxes should be left to the marketing companies like what's left of Vivitar and GE to produce. Camera phones will replace the P&S at some point as well. If this story is true, Pentax is doing the right thing. The evolution of this will be mirrorless DSLRs. from amateurphotography magazine: Pentax to 'phase out' digital compact camera production All this means is that Pentax got its butt kicked in compact cameras. Being borged by Hoya isn't a good thing. How sad. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
What is Pentax anyway?
They are basically a name sold to Samsung and who knows what Hoya is getting out of the deal? The very small Pentax lens lineup is actually made by what Japanese manufacturer: hint--starts with a "T" and not a "P". The current issue of Shutterbug is pimping a non/pre-preproduction Pentax dSLR with a sensor made by who? For the near term the only old line Japanese SLR makers still in the race are Nikon and Canon. For the rest of the market the real question is how long will Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, Pentax, et al hang in there? In any event the market for P&Ses dwarfs the dSLR market. However price beats quality in most of this market segment. |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:45:44 GMT, "flambe" wrote in
: What is Pentax anyway? They are basically a name sold to Samsung and who knows what Hoya is getting out of the deal? The very small Pentax lens lineup is actually made by what Japanese manufacturer: hint--starts with a "T" and not a "P". The current issue of Shutterbug is pimping a non/pre-preproduction Pentax dSLR with a sensor made by who? For the near term the only old line Japanese SLR makers still in the race are Nikon and Canon. For the rest of the market the real question is how long will Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, Pentax, et al hang in there? ... Olympus, Sony and Panasonic are all doing pretty well. BTW, you left out Kodak. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:02 -0800, RichA wrote:
Near identical, rotten little silver boxes should be left to the marketing companies like what's left of Vivitar and GE to produce. Camera phones will replace the P&S at some point as well. If this story is true, Pentax is doing the right thing. The evolution of this will be mirrorless DSLRs. Already have them - they're called EVF. |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
"flambe" wrote in message t... What is Pentax anyway? They are basically a name sold to Samsung and who knows what Hoya is getting out of the deal? The very small Pentax lens lineup is actually made by what Japanese manufacturer: hint--starts with a "T" and not a "P". The current issue of Shutterbug is pimping a non/pre-preproduction Pentax dSLR with a sensor made by who? For the near term the only old line Japanese SLR makers still in the race are Nikon and Canon. For the rest of the market the real question is how long will Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, Pentax, et al hang in there? In any event the market for P&Ses dwarfs the dSLR market. However price beats quality in most of this market segment. Olympus, Sony, and Panasonic are doing more than "just hanging in there." Sony is getting very agressive in the SLR market, as is Oly and Panny. Pentax, whoever they are, will continue to be a player in the SLR market but will not catch Canon or Nikon, ever. And as far as them getting out of the compact business, well, they're cameras sucked and weren't competitive with Canon or Sony. |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
"ray" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:02 -0800, RichA wrote: Near identical, rotten little silver boxes should be left to the marketing companies like what's left of Vivitar and GE to produce. Camera phones will replace the P&S at some point as well. If this story is true, Pentax is doing the right thing. The evolution of this will be mirrorless DSLRs. Already have them - they're called EVF. And if the EVF ever gets out of the stone age, we might hae something... |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
"flambe" wrote in message t... What is Pentax anyway? They are basically a name sold to Samsung and who knows what Hoya is getting out of the deal? The very small Pentax lens lineup is actually made by what Japanese manufacturer: hint--starts with a "T" and not a "P". The current issue of Shutterbug is pimping a non/pre-preproduction Pentax dSLR with a sensor made by who? For the near term the only old line Japanese SLR makers still in the race are Nikon and Canon. For the rest of the market the real question is how long will Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, Pentax, et al hang in there? In any event the market for P&Ses dwarfs the dSLR market. However price beats quality in most of this market segment. Pentax designed the new 14.6MP sensor, Samsung made it. |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:23:09 -0000, "Steve B"
wrote in : Pentax designed the new 14.6MP sensor, Samsung made it. Citation? -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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Good for Pentax! Eliminate the horrible little P&Ss
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:16:19 GMT, "Jufi" wrote in
TtGsj.2495$YJ4.1052@trndny01: "ray" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:02 -0800, RichA wrote: Near identical, rotten little silver boxes should be left to the marketing companies like what's left of Vivitar and GE to produce. Camera phones will replace the P&S at some point as well. If this story is true, Pentax is doing the right thing. The evolution of this will be mirrorless DSLRs. Already have them - they're called EVF. And if the EVF ever gets out of the stone age, we might hae something... Works fine here. -- Best regards, John Navas Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others) |
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