>>>>>>>>>> >While this certainly isn't good news, don't forget that Nikon is a part of >Matsushita, a huge corporation which can indeed absorb such a loss. Larry, Nikoneers, was Nikon sold recently to Matsushita? As far as I know Nikon belongs to the Mitsubishi Group. That is also what it says on Mitsubishi's web page. <<<<<<<<< Oops. My mistake. Nikon is indeed a part of Mitsubishi, not Matsushita. Thank you for the correction! Larry
