If you go to http://www.hoya.co.jp, Pentax is listed as a subsidiary but not Tokina. Searching the site for "Tokina" gets zero hits.
Wikipedia and a few other sites indicate that Hoya supplies glass to Tokina, but that Tokina is an independent company. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Jim King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > One surprising comment at the end of the interview refers > to Tokina as > a subsidiary of Hoya. I thought that we had determined > that Tokina > was an independent company. Wonder if the article is > correct on this > point? > Regards, Jim > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.