Originally posted by BigDave Yes, such companies include KODAK, Montgomery Ward, GAF (film), Enron, Worldcom, Lehman Brothers, can you name some more? Too big to fail does not exist!
Yes, big and small companies do fail. In the photography area, some of the quality camera companies that disappeared include Kodak, Minolta, Konica, Exacta, Reid (some say the Reid III, a copy of the Leica IIIB, was actually superior to the Leica), Voightlander, Yashica, etc. In some photo classes I hear that Pentax 35 mm cameras are very popular. This is probably because in their heyday these Pentanes were the best around, solidly built, the most common, and reliable. Since they are plentiful and cheap it's no wonder that they are still being used. Let's hope that Pentax survives.