It is hard to tell what Sony's future will be with the spinoff, they might decide they just want to deal with sensors/electronics instead of making cameras them

It is hard to tell what Sony's future will be with the spinoff, they might decide they just want to deal with sensors/electronics instead of making cameras themselves, and leave that business to others. That's sort of a tossup, because their cameras seem relatively successful atm. It's tough because the irony that you don't make a ton of money in the imaging industry selling cameras. Like Pentax now is the part Hoya didn't want (however happy or not they were with what they got in retrospect). It looks like Olympus also just wants to focus on science and medical optics. That's why I sort of worry about Nikon. They do semiconductor/flat panel stuff, but they are way less diversified than Canon/Sony. Either their camera business has to be successful or they have to expand the other segment/s. I don't think it has to do with how deficiency in products or technologies, but if the high-end camera market changes, Nikon is probably the most sensitive of the big players.