Don't shoot the messenger ;-)

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In a message dated 6/1/2007 6:58:09 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
distudio at gmail.com writes:
"Hoya's Suzuki previously implied  that a sell-off of the camera
business could be imminent, but he indicated  otherwise at the Thursday
press conference. "We can afford the camera  operation if we focus on
particular fields," he said."

"Within Pentax,  a project to bolster the camera operation is quietly
under way with a new  focus on highly profitable digital SLRs. To
concentrate its limited resources  on most promising items, it will
freeze for the time being development of  medium format digital
cameras, which tend to be costly. Meanwhile, it will  rebuild its
compact digital camera operation by concentrating  on
higher-performance models, among other measures."

"Hoya will begin  takeover proceedings in early June, at which time the
real battle for  survival will begin for Pentax's camera operations."

-- 
Rob  Studdert

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That's actually pretty good news. If you read it  this way, the part that is 
a quote is believable, the part that is  editorializing isn't. Nikkei has been 
quite wrong before in its  speculations.

Marnie aka Doe  

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