Tom C wrote:
>> >From reading the articles, they're claiming that Hoya mentioned this
>>deal over a year ago and Pentax turned them down. My suspicion is that
>>Hoya wasn't that eager until they saw the success of the K100D and K10D.
>>
>>I think both companies stand to benefit enormously from thi
On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Tom C wrote:
> Also this would indicate that Hoya was not THAT interested in the
> camera-side of Pentax...
> -
> ''To reveal the secret, we had a dinner together about two years
> ago and discussed possible synergies on our medical operations,''
> Urano s
t;From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: pdml@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: Pentax/Hoya/Tokina
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:17:41 -0700
>
> > >From reading the articles, they're claiming that Hoya mentioned this
> >deal over a
> >From reading the articles, they're claiming that Hoya mentioned this
>deal over a year ago and Pentax turned them down. My suspicion is that
>Hoya wasn't that eager until they saw the success of the K100D and K10D.
>
>I think both companies stand to benefit enormously from this deal :)
>
>
>
>Ma
Walter Hamler wrote:
>Now that Tokina and Pentax are cooperating in the fisheye lens and
probably
>others as well, I see the potential for lots more of the same. I also
see
>lots of good coming from the Hoya deal as well.
Between the influx of cash from Hoya and the continuing (or
*increasin
This all brings to rememberance a discussion at the PMA convention in
Orlando back in Feb. It all started when I asked a Tokina rep why they did
not make the 12~24 zoom in the PK mount. He indicated that it would not be
sold in great enough quantities because Pentax was almost bankrupt and the
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