Recent Konica Minolta Holdings News (Japan Corporate News)

Tokyo, Aug 7, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it secured a net profit increase in April-June thanks to a special profit from the sale of a subsidiary.

Hoya Q1 net profit up 24 pct, shares jump (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

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Olympus, Panasonic prep Micro Four Thirds (MacNN)

Addressing complaints from amateur photographers hoping to graduate to digital SLRs, Olympus and Panasonic today teamed up to develop a much smaller version of the Four Thirds lens system. The new approach is simply titled Micro Four Thirds and aims to significantly shrink the dimensions needed for an interchangeable lens system while making relat...