Konica Minolta announces withdrawal plan for camera business and photo business. Does that mean that even the whole production of their binoculars stops? If that is the case it's sad. Then it means that a serious competitor to Nikon, Pentax, Swift, Bushnell, and more brands leaves the market, and that the world is losing one of the best manufacturers of great low to middle-priced binoculars. It,s a possible result of the withdrawal, but not a necessar one if the binocular production moves from camera division to another one.
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