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January 20, 2006
Konica Minolta Quits Cameras
RED HERRING | Konica Minolta Quits Cameras:
"Digital cameras make for razor-thin margins, unlike printing and imaging products for the enterprise. Konica Minolta, which merged two years ago, had been a late entrant into the digital market, and major players like Canon left it in the dust."
My first 35mm camera was a Minolta. I loved that camera. I wish I had never let it out of my sight.
Konica Minolta follows in the footsteps of Nikon (see: End of an Era) and is abandoning its traditional camera offerings. Konica Minolta is doing so in favor of its high end copier and optical devices. Nikon just did the same in response to the market's desire for digital cameras.
Are new digital technologies really that much better that we should be abandoning film cameras? I suppose the same can be said for any digital technology that is replacing traditional methods. Is online news really that much better than the local newspaper, or should they supplement each other and both continue in their own roles for example? Will we be losing something by not having those boxes full of photos that we had developed (that we did not select or delete)? Only time will tell.
(Via Red Herring.)
Posted by capecodcyclist at January 20, 2006 05:48 AM
Comments
I still have my little minolta purchased in 1998. It's a sweet little thing. If developing film didn't cost so freaking much, I'd use it more. The pictures come out fabulous, and look incredible when scanned by a good digital company.
Sometimes I really miss film, photo albums, and the like...
Posted by: Rebe at January 20, 2006 03:36 PM