Re: Kyocera (Contax) to end camera production

Thought I had added a link to the press release, but it seems that I did
not. Here is a link to Tocad's press release. Tocad, who brings the US
the likes of Sunpak and Haliburton, will now be the US distributor.

http://www.tocad.com/news.html

Jeremy Moore wrote:

> Contax won't be ceasing production, Kyocera will cease distributing
> Contax products in the US. Contax has already lined up another
> distributor.
>
> FDanB@aol.com wrote:
>
>> After reading of Leica's looming problems last week, today this story
>> pops up:
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>> www.dpreview.com
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>> Kyocera says they are ceasing production of both film and digital
>> cameras.
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>> The future of a Contax brand is not looking good. Makes me wish I'd
>> kept that jewel-like Contax TVS that had such a swell 28-56 Sonar lens.
>>
>> It's interesting to see how some companies segue successfully into
>> the digital era (Casio, Panasonic, etc) and others fail miserably.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> www.danburkholder.com
>>
>> www.TinyTutorials.com
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Received on Thu Mar 3 17:26:27 2005