Hmmm.

[dhart1949]

http://rt.com/business/news/panasonic-downgrade-losses-restructuring-800/

Some of us might forget that Panasonic is a huge corporation and may have more on it's mind than the next upgrade to the AF-100. I think we are lucky to have Jan as a champion of the little AF-100 project.

 

[Erik Naso]

Thats a gloomy story for sure.

I'm not sure if jan is involved with the AF-100 anymore. Her title changed.

Partner Sales Manager,
Northeast at Panasonic System Communications Corporation

 

[Kindredmachine]

Awww... We'll hopefully she's at the NAB. She wasn't there last year :-(

 

[jdesignhi]

In March, we were on vacation in Tokyo, and walked into this amazing Panasonic store in Shiodome. It wasn't an electronics store; it was a home design center. Virtually anything that you might need to build or redesign a home or apartment was there, and carried the Panasonic brand. Flooring, sinks, countertops, you name it— all Panasonic. But, you don't see these items in the USA. How can they be successful? Or, are these products actually very successful?

I don't think that we have a company like this in the U.S. Their business culture is so very, very different. When folks slam the Japanese for not doing this, or doing that, charging $1300 for a GH3 when it could only be worth $100, the culture divide has to be taken into consideration. This is not some small firm like RED that can turn on a dime. Everything about what they do is very, very different...