Nope, it happened because of Pentax's relatively strong position in the medical imaging market. This explains the Pentax sales reps supposedly training "Chinese" guys to replace them a couple of months ago.
Tom C wrote: > While likely a good thing for Pentax, it is the end of Pentax as we know it, > i.e., they are no longer the business entity they were before, just as > Minolta is not. > > ring... ring... I have a distant recollection of something like this being > predicted several years ago... of course this couldn't be occurring due to > Pentax's relative weakness in the overall DLSR market... > > Herb where are ya buddy? :-) > > Tom C. > > > >> From: "Dave Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Hoya - Pentax Merger? >> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:02:24 -0500 >> >> See here: >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0612/06122101pentaxhoyamerge.asp >> >> or here: >> http://www.hoya.co.jp/data/current/newsobj-368-pdf.pdf >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
