Tom wrote:
I tend to sense Pentax/Samsung edging towards and being deeply entrenched in
mediocrity, or the Pentax camera division becoming Samsung altogether.
REPLY:
Highly unlikely. The Samsung deal may make Pentax able to set into
production a lot of their patented technology like image stabilization and
USM. With Minolta soon out of the way and Sony only concentrating on the
lower market segments, theres certainly an opening for a third manufacturer
at the higher-end offering a different solution (small size) to the
higher-end DSLR.
Pentax becoming part of Samsung is as likely as for BMW to become part of
Toyota. Both companies are controlled by families that so far have shown no
interest in selling, making them difficult objects for takeover.
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