Mark wrote: >The K10D may just be the swan-song of Pentax management - one last flash >before they are gone.
Then I better get one while they're still available :-) That will keep me going (with my current excellent glass collection) for another 3-4 years. No seriously: Why would teh joined forces with HOYA mean stopping the camera production? Hoya is - like Pentax - an important player in the glass business. Joining management forces just means strengthining their role in the market place - as glass manufactureres and imaging developeres. I also guess that the camera industry has a role promoting all other glass products (like endoscopes and other medical equipment, spectacles, car-windows, CD/DVD readers etc.). I also believe the camera section might be profitable - or at least profitable enough to develop further. This is why (from the Hoya webside): Read this http://www.hoya.co.jp/data/current/newsobj-368-pdf.pdf Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
