Amongst all the blurb on the new Noinks, I wasn't too surprised to see how much their DSLR market share has increased in the last year. Obviously this has been at Canon's expense to a big degree, but it appears the trailing pack have been really squeezed. With tiny (& shrinking) sales and the big r&d costs of DSLRs, I wonder how long it will be until one or more fold their hands?
Sony are still trading just on their Minolta inheritance, and (like Olympus) can only keep the market interested by showing a string of mock-ups under glass. The pioneering chip technologies of Fuji and Sigma haven't been enough to set the sector alight, and (now the takeover games seem resolved) will Hoya be keen to keep bankrolling Pentax in the DSLR stakes?
Whilst I remain a Canon devotee, I'll be sad to see any more established names bite the dust. But I can't see any other result.
