Digital BW, The Print

Seiko (Epson, Mamiya, Seiko watches) is derived from the name of the
founder, Sekei Mamiya.  

Watches were a cash cow, but not before cameras.

Few technical breakthroughs (eg digital photography) have been
"planned in the beginning." 

 "enlightenment favors the prepared mind" ...Sekei Mamiya was deep
into photography at the end of WWII, if not before, and his company
produced better-designed rollfilm cameras than did Zeiss. Today it
leads absolutely everyone in digital MF cameras. 

The company's involvement with photography was no accident and didn't
depend on watches, though they surely are a goldmine.

Djon



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> That hits the  nail on the head, but it much easier said than done.
Epson 
> started out with a pile of cash from Seiko's decades of profits from
quartz 
> watches and the micro chip development lab that went along with it.
They 
> simply stumbled into dominating photography. It was never planned in
the 
> beginning.