KonicaMinolta circles the wagons

"Steven M. Scharf" wrote:

At the present time, Canon sells about 65% of the digital SLRs, Nikon sells
about 33%, and all of the other manufacturers split the remaining 2%, with
some of them at essentially 0%.


In which market? What is the source of these figures?


Clearly this cannot continue.


Clearly you cannot continue posting these figures until you provide
some justification for them. If you have any, that is.

Steven M. Scharf wrote:

"Albert Nurick" wrote in message
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Considering the products that have been shoveled out, no surprise.
Canon is way ahead of everyone else, Nikon's doing a decent job, and
the other guys are too late to the party with too little for too
much.

At the present time, Canon sells about 65% of the digital SLRs, Nikon
sells about 33%, and all of the other manufacturers split the
remaining 2%, with some of them at essentially 0%. Clearly this
cannot continue. Some or all of the other manufacturers will
eventually have to exit the digital SLR business; they will never
achieve a positive return on investment with such a tiny market share.

Interesting numbers; what's the source?

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"Albert Nurick" wrote in message
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Interesting numbers; what's the source?

Extrapolated for 2005 from the NPD Group U.S. numbers for 2004. The actual
numbers may be +/- a couple of percent, and we won't know the full 2005
numbers for a while obviously. Doesn't really matter. Even if it were as low
as 60% for Canon and 30% for Nikon, the remaining 10% would still not
support six other manufacturers, unless prices fell so low that the TAM went
way up (as happened for film SLRs). Not impossible, but a lot more unlikely
than was the case in film days, due to the difficulty of developing sensors.
It's similar to the x86 CPU industry, with Intel=Canon, AMD=Nikon, and a
host of others out there losing massive amounts of money despite sometimes
having a superior product.

Steve
http://digitalslrinfo.com

jfitz wrote:
Citing "an extreme loss of competitiveness" in their photo imaging business,
KM announces, as part of their V-5 medium term plan, their intention to
scale down their digital camera business. The business plan calls for
concentration on "high-value-added products" in their digital camera
business in an attempt to stem the flow of red ink in that division.

http://konicaminolta.com/investors/pdf/plan/v5-plan.pdf

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It won't change the endemic problem KM have of absolutely terrible
management and rotten business ethics. Their digital camera division
would turn a profit just as their QMS division would if they got back in
touch with what their customers want and expect.

KM Australia is not the only division to contribute to the bleeding
accounts. Before they will have a hope in hell of making any inroads
into any market they'll have to stop using their dealer base as
sacraficial lambs when their products fail to meet specifications.

What sort of International company would appoint a backyard operator as
their "authorised service agent" and train them by sending a CD of
information? Seriously... This company is going to go belly up if they
don't start getting their act together. Today's success firms are driven
by their customers, not their bloody minded managers.

Douglas