Pure conjecture. Needless worry. Wait until something bad happens, then worry. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying my camera, and I will for quite a few years to come. Paul On Dec 23, 2006, at 12:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> I expect that un-profitable or merely less than nominally profitable > products to be discontinued. That means that the medium format lines > will disappear quickly. They just don't sell enough units. Maybe > there > will be a FF (24x36mm) or 1.3x crop DSLR using the "crippled" K mount > and the 645D may be introduced if it's far enough along, but will be > discontinued, quickly, if sales don't meet expectations. Let's > face it > Pentax only kept the SLR business because their corporate image > required > it. What does Hoya care? The Pentax SLR isn't their image, they > want > the medical products business. > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> On Dec 21, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: >> >> >>> It's a question I ask myself - what makes Pentax unique? And can >>> Hoya >>> capture that? >>> >>> >> I will be very surprised if Hoya even tampers with it. They have to >> see what's happening with the new products. They're not going to ruin >> a good thing. But they will be able to provide resources that Pentax >> lacks. I can't see anything but a win, win situation here. >> Paul >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
