On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:42 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > ... Pentax no longer exists. There isn't even a Pentax division of Ricoh > anymore. All we can hope is that Ricoh, designs builds and markets K mount > cameras a little smarter than Pentax and then Hoya did, though history > doesn't offer a lot of hope there. > > Ricoh seems to think that their own brand is the prestige photographic brand > compared with Pentax and they've made a conscious effort to make Pentax a > secondary brand. Unfortunately, I don't think this bodes all that well for > the future, it seems like a bad marketing decision...
> On 9/20/2013 5:12 AM, Tanya Love wrote: >> But, K3 - October. >> >> That's all I'm saying... :-) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > Does Ricoh make cameras other than those branded Pentax? That is a half serious question; I know from discussion here that there is some sort of Ricoh camera division that has been in business for a few(?) years. But I have no recollection of ever seeing a Ricoh camera, ever seeing an ad for one or a listing in a 5th Street Camera ad, ever hearing anybody talk about one. It baffles me to think that a product or product line that I as a somewhat aware consumer is unfamiliar with can be a prestige photographic brand. Don't you have to be known first before you can be accorded Prestige status? stan -- 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.
