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Pentax may halve Japan camera workforce
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:41 am    Post subject: Pentax may halve Japan camera workforce Reply with quote
it is not going well at Pentax ...


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Pentax may halve Japan camera workforce
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 16:50 GMT


Pentax's parent company, Hoya, is to reduce its digital camera staffing levels in Japan to around half their current levels, according to the respected Japanese business paper, Nikkei. The report says jobs will be lost in sales, production management and development. Up to 300 sales-related jobs outside Japan may also go. The company has not discussed precise details but says the Nikkei story restates the company's restructuring plans announced with its third-quarter financial results in February.

"The digital camera business is hugely competitive and in the current economic climate it is right and proper for companies to evaluate their structures and costs to ensure they remain competitive in the global marketplace." the company said.

Hoya's financial results do not provide details of the individual businesses within Pentax, which include endoscopes, medical equipment and bio-compatible materials, as well as digital cameras. However, the summary of activities for the three months to December 08 had this to say: "For digital cameras, sales decreased due to sales decline in compact cameras, and also single lens reflex cameras recorded negative growth because of the fierce price competition in th[e] market."

Hoya's Pentax businesses have already been undergoing restructuring, in the light of Hoya's purchase of the company in 2007, with the costs of that process and the strong Japanese Yen contributing to the ¥1.4bn ($) operating loss it recorded for the three months to December.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09031802hoyarestructure.asp


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not good Sad
I hope they keep on going - I want a FF Kx0D.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think it is a miracle that there are still SEVEN
(is it 7? Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Samsung, Sigma, Sony)
consumer DSLR manufacturers.

Did I forget someone?


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Panasonic has 2 DSLR models (L1, L10). The question is if we should rate the new products (G1, G1-HD) as DSLRs or EVFs...


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This time is crap Mad

This one tried and tried for .. how many years.
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/03/franke-heidecke-files-for-insolvency.html

Who's next?


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kansalliskala wrote:
This time is crap Mad
This one tried and tried for .. how many years.
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/03/franke-heidecke-files-for-insolvency.html
Who's next?


horrible Sad


PostPosted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for "financial" experts.. stock gurus etc. Damn it I won't loose Pentax.


PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
No real problem. Pentax is only a name and years of good camera manufacturing history.
Most of today’s R & D is done by the much bigger (Huge bigger than Sony) Samsung and Hoya make the lenses anyway. All Pentax now does is add a few design ideas and their name.
As long as they still have a few guys there who can tell Samsung what we want from a camera I will be happy.
I have no doubt at all we we see the Pentax name on more good cameras for many years to come


PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I also have my doubts as to Pentax going away.
There is a worldwide recession in progress, and they're only doing what needs to be done to weather the bumpy roads ahead.

I think ALPA was not mentioned. They seem to be makers of only
medium-format cameras now, but they made many SLR models in their history.

Current ALPA product line-up

History of ALPA cameras


PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rob Leslie wrote:
No real problem. Pentax is only a name and years of good camera manufacturing history.
Most of today’s R & D is done by the much bigger (Huge bigger than Sony) Samsung and Hoya make the lenses anyway. All Pentax now does is add a few design ideas and their name.
As long as they still have a few guys there who can tell Samsung what we want from a camera I will be happy.
I have no doubt at all we we see the Pentax name on more good cameras for many years to come


Yes, like the K-m crystal kit:
http://www.ifotovideo.cz/clanek.php?id=2016

Shocked Shocked Shocked
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