According to our sister site Engadget (who it
seems read Japanese), venerable camera maker Mamiya is selling its camera
business--film and digital--to Japanese IT company Cosmos Scientific, probably in September. I'm not sure what they're
not sellng, but perhaps they're holding onto the lens business. Marc seems a little taken aback, but I have to say it
makes sense, just like like The Hasselblad-Imacon merger two years ago. If the Mamiya brand is going to be competitive,
they need to really pick up some digital steam. The ZD
is a nice camera, but at 22MP it's not really a serious competitor for the H2D, wich is a
second-generation effort from Hasselblad and sports both 22MP and 39MP verzions. Some technical know-how may keep
Mamiya in the game, but they have a lot of catching up to do.Mamiya to sell camera business
According to our sister site Engadget (who it
seems read Japanese), venerable camera maker Mamiya is selling its camera
business--film and digital--to Japanese IT company Cosmos Scientific, probably in September. I'm not sure what they're
not sellng, but perhaps they're holding onto the lens business. Marc seems a little taken aback, but I have to say it
makes sense, just like like The Hasselblad-Imacon merger two years ago. If the Mamiya brand is going to be competitive,
they need to really pick up some digital steam. The ZD
is a nice camera, but at 22MP it's not really a serious competitor for the H2D, wich is a
second-generation effort from Hasselblad and sports both 22MP and 39MP verzions. Some technical know-how may keep
Mamiya in the game, but they have a lot of catching up to do.
