> Pentax To Sell Tokyo HQ, Quit Low-Profit Ops To Lift Corp Value > > TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. plans to sell its Tokyo headquarters and > withdraw from less profitable businesses under strategies the camera maker > has > crafted to block a takeover bid by optical glass manufacturer Hoya Corp. , > The > Nikkei learned Wednesday. > =========== > > I think that gives the news a slightly different slant.
Yes, that makes a heck of a lot more sense. I can't imagine the 645D would be particularly profitable, and even though I'm disappointed in its demise, I can't say I'm surprised. Of all the pro studio photographers I met while working at Reed's (many dozens, at least), maybe two of them used digital medium format. One only used it because he was close friends with our Hasselblad rep. While digital medium format is a nice idea and has a few image quality benefits, I just don't think it makes sense from a cost point of view. Unfortunately for us Pentaxians, Pentax needs to stick with what will make them money if they want to stay independant (and keep their medical devices business at the same time). This probably means the aperture simulator will never show up again, even in a hypothetical K1D. Pentax needs all the new-sales revenue it can get right now. John -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
