John_T wrote:
I think EOS DSLRs and lenses are to Canon what M Division is to BMW and AMG to Mercedes, not very big in the overall scheme of the company.
The tail doesn't wag the dog.
well M5's or an AMG 63's or a 1D4's sure do help sell 318's or c180's or ixuss 220's..
deepbluejh wrote:
To be perfectly fair, Canon's president likely had nothing to do with those decisions. Project managers and engineers had everything to do with them.
probably not so much engineers in general as some from project manager engineers being steered a lot by marketing and a lower level exec or two
robsuh wrote:
They replaced a 70 year old with a 76 year old.
A 65 year old qualifies as new blood in the Canon executive level.
CEO Mitarai 76
Uchida 75
Ikoma (head of Research) 72+
Uchida shouldn't feel too bad. Compared to Sony and Panasonic 1% growth is fabulous news in this environment. Sony and Panasonic lost around $2billion in last quarter each. Japanese electronics industry is in deep trouble.
I guess this is good news......but from what I understand DSLRs take about 3 years from design stage till market. This means it will be about 3 years till we get the cameras we have been craving. Nope to long I will be shooting something else by then. Oh Well.....Nikon is getting more appealing all the time.
Nikon stock jumped approx 13% ... this is the sort of thing presidents resign over
This is actually great news. Congratulations to Nikon and competition in the market.
We actually don't know how Canon's photography division is doing vis-a-vis the whole company from this article, but it can only help if the pain gets worse and I hope the D800 is one more kick in the teeth they need and deserve (similar hopes for the D4 vs the 1dx). I've thought Canon is clueless and just didn't get it for many years now; this proves it in a concrete, black-and-white way that even they can understand.
I'm sure my saying this is going to piss off a few Canon apologists that also haven't been able to figure it out yet, but I really don't care. Listening to your customers and watching competitors is not rocket science and Canon has been on track for a comeuppance for at least 5 years.
Pixel Perfect wrote:
CEO Mitarai 76
Uchida 75
Ikoma (head of Research) 72+
Uchida shouldn't feel too bad. Compared to Sony and Panasonic 1% growth is fabulous news in this environment. Sony and Panasonic lost around $2billion in last quarter each. Japanese electronics industry is in deep trouble.
I think Japan's central bank is partially to blame.
The yen is too high to maintain escalating prices. Canon seems to think there is no limit and will keep raising prices (we've seen it happen to almost everything in the US) until no one buys. Good luck with that...
Tom K. wrote:
Firing the President of a massive company like Canon is BIG news. They do not make moves that drastic unless things are really at the nightmare stage.
Who said he is fired? I didn't read this and even if it is, who said it is related to the SLR or printers or copier or whatever they are doing?
