On 1/13/03 8:41 PM, "Iren & Henry Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > Some announcement was made in Japan today on Pentax/Casio cooperation in > digital cameras : > > http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20030114-00000002-nkn-ind > > Can any one here translate it? The Babelfish translation made a mess out of > it. > > Thanks! OK, here is my contribution to the list :-). QUOTE; CASIO & PENTAX TIED UP ON DIGICAM LENSES It was disclosed that Casio Computer and Pentax had been working together on digicam lenses. They have already been conducting a joint development. Casio is going to use a zoom lens, that was jointly developed, on their credit card size digicam [EXILIM Series]. Pentax as well will use the same zoom lens for their version of cameras. Until now, the relationship between Casio and Pentax was limited to the purchase of Pentax lenses by Casio, but this joint development will further their relationship. The market growth for digicam in 2003 is expected to continue at high pace at 36% more, and become 30 million size. Therefore each manufacturer is very bullish in capturing more share. On the other hand, in some large camera chain stores, there appears to be a tendency to screen out the number of models which really became swollen too much, occupying a lot of floor space. Under this environment, both Casio and Pentax would maximize the synergy of their respective technologies, and aim to increase the market share. UNQUOTE Above is a quick & dirty translation. Don't blame me for any error :-). Cheers, ken
