Well when I got my first Spotmatic in 1968 it was called Honeywell Pentax. Anyway, the DSLRs and such are still going to be called Pentax and the grand majority of consumers will still never hear of them unless they start advertising.
Seem like a big non-issue too me. gs George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in complete agreement, John. > > I would note though that their dry and brief press release served to > create alarm and speculation. They'd have done better to include some > context like that Imaging Resource article that Alan pointed out. Now > they've managed to fan the Sky Is Falling thread flames for years to > come. > > Yet I still managed to do two back-to-back shoots with my ancient K20 > and it didn't fall to pieces or simply go dark on me. :-) > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:06 AM, John Mullan <k...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> For many years the company name was Asahi Optical, and the brand was Pentax >> and all was right with the world. To go forward with the company name of >> Ricoh and the brand Pentax and now it is the end of the world. I'm not sure >> that the name change is a bad thing or a good thing, it just is. What >> matters is that the cameras still provide us with the images we love. >> >> jm >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Bruce Walker" <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:05 AM >> To: "Pentax Discuss Mailing List" <PDML@pdml.net> >> Subject: Pentax is history >> >>> How's that for a provocative subject line? :-) >>> >>> No more Pentax, now just Ricoh in the company name: >>> >>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/about/press/309 >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
