Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I've never paid attention to Nikon's digicam business, but I can imagine it might be dusted. But a recent biz news story said that Nikon should ship around 30% more DSLR's than last year. I don't know how that translates into share (e.g., compared with overall DSLR market growth). Don Dory wrote: >Scott, >For a brief month or two in December of 2004 Nikon sold a lot of D70's, a >whole lot. Since then they haven't sold proportionally a lot of boxes. The >D2X is doing so well they have a $500 rebate on it to move a few boxes. >D200 production is so pathetic the rumor is that Nikon is holding them until >April so that the first quarter of the fiscal year will be huge; meantime, >photographers in need of a tool have little recourse but brand C. Nikon >point and shoots are doing so well that the 4600 was blown out at $139 by a >major chain(this is below most dealers cost) the new save the company P1 has >seen its price cut to $300 from $449 after being on the market for something >like five months. Now they have a whole new line of cameras that make every >other P&S obsolete so they will also be heavily discounted on Nikon's tab. >I took a look at their line at PMA and it is nothing special so should not >take a major market share. > >If Nikon is going to stay in the camera business the D200 must be huge and I >must be totally wrong about the P&S line up, not just a little wrong. :) > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 3/22/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > > >>I could be very mistaken, but I thought that Nikon's camera biz had >>been doing well financially over the past few years, largely due to the >>popularity of the D70. >> >>But my memory could be off. >> >>Scott >> >>Don Dory wrote: >> >> >> >>>B.D., >>>I beg to differ. On the manufacturing side we have lost Kyocera, Konica, >>>Minolta. If sales don't pick up we will lose Olympus and NIkon within >>> >>> >>three >> >> >>>years: Olympus after a major sale and pirating Nikon's coop dollars >>> >>> >>managed >> >> >>>a whopping 11% market share in the U.S market. If Nikon doesn't start >>>shipping huge quantities of D200's really soon they will be looking >>> >>> >>fondly >> >> >>>on the stepper business. Kodak will probably be out of the camera >>> >>> >>business >> >> >>>in less time based on the amount of space they gave cameras at PMA. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >>Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >>(Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)