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-Adam Mark Cassino wrote: > With the Hoya acquisition of Pentax, I'm pondering a fundamental > question - what could Hoya do to make me feel that my future Pentax (or > Ho-Tax) is a true Pentax camera, and what could they do to make me feel > the opposite? > > Obviously, there's the lens compatibility issue. Pentax has really > distinguished itself by retaining backwards compatibility with virtually > all K mount lens, even if you lose a few features when using them. (And > even if they produce really bad chromatic aberrations on a digital body.) > > Otherwise - what makes Pentax - Pentax? Is it SMC? The devotion to ~40mm > pancake lenses? 'Unusual' sharpening of JPG's in the DSLR? The strange > ergonomics of the Mz-S? > > I like Pentax. I've been about as loyal to them as I've ever been to any > brand, simply because I could count on them to do what was right in > their eyes and damn the pressure for conformity. For that, I respected > them. They were the Gary Cooper of the camera world - low key, > conservative, but doing what they chose to do, thank you. > > It's a question I ask myself - what makes Pentax unique? And can Hoya > capture that? > > - MCC > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
