I really don't think film will disappear anytime soon. The interesting question is if there will be room in the smaller market for Pentax. In addition, smaller sales provides less R&D money, so it becomes hard to keep up. I'm not sure how diversified Pentax is, although I do know they make medical imaging equipment, binoculars etc. I image they could provide lenses for other companies as well. They also have certain patents which they licence without actually producing the technology. Does anyone know where you can look at any financial information about these companies?
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 463-8873 FAX: (540) 463-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/13/02 01:45PM >>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > An excerpt from, THE REVOLUTION IN PHOTO MARKETING, PART > II - The Darker View, from: > http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0206/editorial.htm I, personally, like the last paragraph: "Many of these retailers see a gradual move in the future back to film. According to one, "most people don't know what the hell they are doing with those digital images. A lot of people got into it as a fad." Dick Bagdassarian, says," I have 3 children. The first child has the most pictures. The last child has the least. 20 years later you look at the photos and see the value of them. You don't want to forget the big picture. Enthusiasm with digital can be very rewarding, but it may not have the information you will want years from now. You can't go back." -- http://www.infotainment.org "The destructive character is cheerful." - Walter Benjamin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
