On 12/18/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haven't heard from Herb Chong in quite a while ....
I'll give it a go. <g> SPARX is buying 20% of Pentax to get a board seat, from which it will influence the complete sale of Pentax to Samsung. Once the acquisition is complete, SPARX will dump its stock, make a gazillion dollars, and then fade away into the back room obscurity from whence it came. Meanwhile, Samsung will develop a new "K" mount and a line of lenses for it. Of course, there will be adapters allowing the use of new glass on old bodies. Old glass will never, ever fit on new bodies. It will be impossible. At this point all of my Pentax glass becomes an instant collector's item which I will sell for 10 bajillion dollars and then buy Canon gear, because Canon is the best and they'll be around longer than God. Muhahahahahah! For some strange reason, your Pentax glass will become worthless paperweights. The remainder of Pentax will then be sold to Sony who will revive the old "K" mount, but will "lens protect" the bodies so that they will only work with new Sony lenses. Within 3 days of the new bodies hitting the market a 12 year old with an SMC-Takumar 50/1.4 will defeat the lens protections using a 120 film spool and some candle wax. > > Shel > " ............... " -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
