Hoya doesn't make cameras. They won't be rebadging Hoyas as Pentax. Ford was making cars when they bought Jaguar. It made sense that there would be some sharing of platforms. Your analogy is faulty. By the way, the vast majorityt of Jaguar content is still from Coventry. Only the low end Jaguar shared components with the Lincoln LS. Both of those vehicles are now history. Paul
On Dec 21, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 22/12/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And yet here you are, becoming a "doom sayer." I seriously doubt >> Pentax is >> going away. It'll just be part of a larger company now, like >> Mercury is a >> part of Ford. Pentax will continue to make cameras as they always >> have, >> only now they have help from their new in-house partners, all of >> whom deal >> with camera-related equipment already. >> >> Hoya owns and maintains a lot of brands, and there's no reason to >> think >> they'd let a venerable brand like Pentax wither away just for >> kicks & grins. > > We'll see, none of us know what will happen and even if they prosper > using your car analogy will we end up having Jags that are essentially > now just another Ford with a Jag badge? > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
