On Jul 1, 2011, at 2:45 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Ricoh left the SLR business years ago. I really hate to say this but, this > looks too much Konica buying up Minolta, and we all know how that turned out. > Minolta users were lucky that Sony was looking to enter the DSLR market. > > If Hoya wasn't big enough to keep Pentax a going concern, how the hell is > Ricoh going to do it? > Hoya did keep Pentax going. They even managed to get the 645 to market. Ricoh and Pentax are a good match. I assume Ricoh made Hoya an offer they couldn't refuse. The sky isn't falling. Paul
> On 7/1/2011 1:35 AM, Miserere wrote: >> I'm not even joking! >> >> http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2011/06/ricoh-buying-pentax-according-to-reuters-japan-sources.html >> >> If true...wow.... >> >> >> —M. >> >> \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com >> >> http://EnticingTheLight.com >> A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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.
