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Message: <blockquote data-quote="etudiant" data-source="post: 3547849" data-attributes="member: 48052">That view is pessimistic but probably accurate.These optics makers have experienced the evaporation of much of their camera business because cell phones eliminate the need for most buyers. They had to retrench and trim to survive. Binoculars and scopes are a minute part of the business, for Nikon as well as for Canon. These sectors will have to subsist on crumbs until the corporate health improves. So not much change is likely for the next few years.</blockquote>