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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Bye" data-source="post: 403718" data-attributes="member: 23425">Mitsubishi will own the controlling share of Nikon, but, by traditional Japanese business practice, other camera manufacturers will also own shares. Japanese businesses do that, so, if one company suffers a loss, the others are invested to help prop them up. This is likely what saved Olympus following their financial scandal a few year ago.From what we've seen, though, Mitsubishi owns the biggest piece of Nikon, they seem to take a hands-off approach to overseeing operations. To Mitsubishi, Nikon would be little more than a hobby investment.Thinking of the Sony sensors in Nikon cameras, those sensors were almost certainly produced on machinery manufactured by Nikon. Chip and sensor manufacturing equipment is another product line Nikon offers. Most Japanese camera sensors are likely produced using machines from Nikon, which helps blur the line between who makes what.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Bye, post: 403718, member: 23425"] Mitsubishi will own the controlling share of Nikon, but, by traditional Japanese business practice, other camera manufacturers will also own shares. Japanese businesses do that, so, if one company suffers a loss, the others are invested to help prop them up. This is likely what saved Olympus following their financial scandal a few year ago. From what we've seen, though, Mitsubishi owns the biggest piece of Nikon, they seem to take a hands-off approach to overseeing operations. To Mitsubishi, Nikon would be little more than a hobby investment. Thinking of the Sony sensors in Nikon cameras, those sensors were almost certainly produced on machinery manufactured by Nikon. Chip and sensor manufacturing equipment is another product line Nikon offers. Most Japanese camera sensors are likely produced using machines from Nikon, which helps blur the line between who makes what. [/QUOTE]

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