I find this very interesting. I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that no camera maker is going to fire up a high-volume production line just to satisfy the need for a single part for a single camera.
That said, it does make me wonder if Fujifilm has perhaps quietly moved to cut costs as they transition away from film-related products, and as part of that consolidation they now might only be making parts for these cameras (and who knows what else) on a batch-demand basis.
Meaning, they would be saving up orders until a MOQ level is reached before firing up the required production?
Or, only slightly more optimistic, perhaps they are now on a fixed batch production schedule. Meaning, parts get made only once per period (six months, one year, two years...) and if certain parts run out in the interim, well the camera owners just have to wait?
I still find it hard to believe Fujifilm would try to walk away entirely and pretend these new cameras, and their new owners, just never existed. And hope that maybe no one would notice? Then leave entities like Fujifilm USA and others to suffer the face-to-face customer wrath?
To me that just doesn't pass the common sense test.
Then again, if sense were common, everyone would have it, right?
Ken
