With the Hoya acquisition of Pentax, I'm pondering a fundamental question - what could Hoya do to make me feel that my future Pentax (or Ho-Tax) is a true Pentax camera, and what could they do to make me feel the opposite?
Obviously, there's the lens compatibility issue. Pentax has really distinguished itself by retaining backwards compatibility with virtually all K mount lens, even if you lose a few features when using them. (And even if they produce really bad chromatic aberrations on a digital body.) Otherwise - what makes Pentax - Pentax? Is it SMC? The devotion to ~40mm pancake lenses? 'Unusual' sharpening of JPG's in the DSLR? The strange ergonomics of the Mz-S? I like Pentax. I've been about as loyal to them as I've ever been to any brand, simply because I could count on them to do what was right in their eyes and damn the pressure for conformity. For that, I respected them. They were the Gary Cooper of the camera world - low key, conservative, but doing what they chose to do, thank you. It's a question I ask myself - what makes Pentax unique? And can Hoya capture that? - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
