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08/22/2007 10:47:10 PM · #1 |
With the pending announcement by Nikon about their new pro cameras I hope that N-shooters get all they want and more. Strong competition between camera manufacturers can only be beneficial for the consumer.
It seems to me, however, (and I'm neither technologically astute, or business savy) that Nikon is at a big disadvantage if they want to put out a FF sensored camera in that they neither manufacture their own sensors, like Canon, or have not teamed up with/merged with other companies that can reliably produce them for Nikon and at a decent cost. It will be interesting to see if they do come out with what all Nikon fans are praying for, who manufacturers the chip and at what cost the cameras will enter the market. Success of the C-5D was partially based on it's relative affordablity but unlike Canon, Nikon will have to buy their chips from a third party, and FF chips are not cheap at this point in time (so I've heard :).
Sony has bought out Minolta and is now a competitor to Nikon. Olympus has teamed up with Panasonic and has a more secure source for its sensors. Hoya, though not a chip maker, will certainly improve the prospects for Pentax shooters (especially with optics). Is Nikon vulnerable by going solo? (I have read somewhere that they are a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, but I'm not exactly sure how this impacts them.)
What's puzzelling to me is why they haven't teamed up with companies like Fuji, whom they already have a business relationship with, or Kodak, or Foveon.
As a side note: why haven't companies like Intel or AMD entered the lucrative camera sensor business? I would think they have the production capacity and with their experience with video and motherboard chipsets the sky could be the limit when teamed with a company like Nikon. |
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08/22/2007 11:13:53 PM · #2 |
Someone here will correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe that Nikon has Sony manufacture their sensors.
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08/22/2007 11:14:53 PM · #3 |
| Given Nikon's highly successful track record over the last 90 years or so, it looks like they know what they're doing, so I won't even try to second-guess their business decisions. Not that I care what happens to Nikon Corp., or any other manufacturer for that matter. Even if one or more of them go belly up for one reason or another, I'm sure there'll always be a few camera systems left in the market to choose from. |
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08/22/2007 11:19:44 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Tycho:
Given Nikon's highly successful track record over the last 90 years or so, it looks like they know what they're doing, so I won't even try to second-guess their business decisions. Not that I care what happens to Nikon Corp., or any other manufacturer for that matter. Even if one or more of them go belly up for one reason or another, I'm sure there'll always be a few camera systems left in the market to choose from. |
Highly successful in the digital age in the professional arena? |
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08/22/2007 11:30:05 PM · #5 |
Well, it's time to bust out the popcorn folks, here we go......
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08/22/2007 11:34:22 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
Originally posted by Tycho:
Given Nikon's highly successful track record over the last 90 years or so, it looks like they know what they're doing, so I won't even try to second-guess their business decisions. Not that I care what happens to Nikon Corp., or any other manufacturer for that matter. Even if one or more of them go belly up for one reason or another, I'm sure there'll always be a few camera systems left in the market to choose from. |
Highly successful in the digital age in the professional arena? |
I can't really speak intelligently as to where Nikon stands in the professional photography market. Nor would I have the slightest idea whether it was bacause of Nikon's stupidity or by choice, if Nikon is indeed "unsuccessfull/weak" in professional arena. But all that's beside the point right now. Even though I'm no business/finance/etc. guru, I believe that generally a company's success is not measured based solely on one of the many products they happen to manufacture.
Edit: Can't articulate to save my life
Message edited by author 2007-08-22 23:38:27. |
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08/22/2007 11:36:42 PM · #7 |
Well here's a juicy little tidbit of information.
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08/22/2007 11:55:44 PM · #8 |
| I do believe that Nikon has been, and continues to be a very successful company and puts out a stellar product. I'm not trying to argue either for or against them, but just trying to ask the question would they be better off pairing with a sensor manufacturer to jointly design and put out products that benefit both companies, much like what Olympus has with Panasonic. This way, R&D can be used to best and most efficient means. Small companies like Pentax, Olympus and Nikon don't have the resources of the bigger companies to put towards R&D but teamed with another manufacturer can pool resources to provide real competition. It's a very rapidly changing digital age and those that can not keep up may not make it. |
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08/23/2007 07:14:51 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
What's puzzelling to me is why they haven't teamed up with companies like Fuji, whom they already have a business relationship with, or Kodak, or Foveon.
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Well, let's see.... the Fuji S5 uses the same magnesium body as the Nikon D200. Wonder how that happened?
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