In a message dated 8/3/2005 2:05:46 PM Central Standard Time,
scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Kind of a sad reality. I suspect something similar happened as
automobiles eclipsed the horse and buggy. Blacksmiths and carriage
makers watched helplessly as their livelihoods faded away.
Owning a camera store has to be difficult in today's times. With every new
release comes the potential for obsolete inventory. If your core business is
Nikon, Canon, and Minolta SLR's, you've got full frame lenses and reduced
frame lenses to stock. There are digital cameras with highly recognizable
brand
names sold through volume retailers who never really competed in the film
camera business who are now major players in digital(Sony, Samsung,
Panasonic,etc..). I think the greatest threat to Olympus and other established
camera
manufacturers is from somebody like Samsung who musters up the courage to
build
a small, economical, Digital SLR, with a small selection of lenses. If the
tiny sensors now used in the digital point and shoots get sufficiently good,
it
could happen.
Gary Faulkenberry
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