elrey2375 wrote in post #13872182
No, it doesn't, but it translates to them selling large amounts of the stuff to industrial or corporate clients.
Which is potentially highly profitable and perhaps more stable than the consumer market in some ways... its a fairly guaranteed source of income
Canon has their copier division, which WAS a massive money maker for them(And was a reason their Camera stuff used to be cheap) but i remember one of their largest distributors got bought up by Xerox and it caused Canon some problmes..... i believe they also have fabrication optics as well, But not as large of a market as Nikon... Canon also makes sensors in house... and of course they make Printers
Nikon outsources sensor production to various companies, Sony is most common but if i remember right they also have gotten sensors from Mitsubishi and Toshiba before....could be wrong...
Sony right now...Well they were big dog in the Electronics industry but they've fallen a bit in the last few years, namely due to the inability to compete on cost/features against the competition, They're not the only ones, Mitsubishi and Hitachi are all but gone in the US from what I've seen because of LG and especially Samsung pushing them all out of the market (Which leaves you with Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba and Sharp outside of the Korean-made sets)
But Sony fabricates a lot of stuff, ICs, Sensors, etc, a large chunk of point and shoots and camera phones use Sony sensors, including the iPhone 4S....Sony also seems to realize their mistake with their home electronics and seems on a path to right wrongs and rebuild its customer image (Probubly around the time most peoples Samsungs/Vizios have crapped the hell out on them and they're not too happy when Samsung/Vizio tells them to go **** themselves and buy a new TV)
And Sony of course has their entire entertainment division, Which generally does pretty well, Especially the SCE division (Which is responsible for the Playstation stuff)
Oh and dont forget how much digital production is done with Sony cameras and equipment, Sony has a HUGE share of the market for TV production....
For those curious, Leica makes a lot of surveying equipment and measuring tools, Zeiss makes a lot of medical imaging and ophthalmologist equipment, in fact id say most of the doctors i've been to uses Zeiss optics and scopes...
Diversification is important in the electronics industry...which is where the photography industry is now very much located... whether you do well in multiple areas or not is another question...also how far you diversify...
A lot of things i mentioned above are slightly more stable than the consumer market and theres more of an opportunity for high markups that consumers wont tolerate...
