On 12/23/06 4:20 PM, "Bob Shell", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I would have expected you to know, Bob, since you cover the biz. But >> my point was that Tokina is still Tokina. Hoya hasn't disassembled >> them or trashed their product line. > > Right. Just the reverse, in fact, since they've improved Tokina > quality. I think Tokina is a grandchild when their parent, Kenko became Hoya's subsidiary. Hoya is now emphasizing "vertical integration" which might actually work ;-). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net