In a message dated 5/21/2007 11:57:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Personally I don't think Pentax is going down the drain in the immediate future (6 months - 1 year). On the other hand, I have no idea how long of a future they have. Hoya may take the camera division under their wing, and then if they're not successful enough, spin them off or sell them. There's an infinite number of scenarios that could occur.
Tom C. ======== Yes, while I hate to agree with you, I do. :-) At least re infinite scenarios. I think Pentaxes DSLRs have been too successful recently for I think Hoya just to trash them. Also the recent news is that Pentax is going for a subsidiary deal with independent management. But that doesn't mean that down the road, if the cameras start losing money, that Hoya won't cut them out then. OTOH, maybe Hoya will pour some serious money into Pentax R&D and marketing and beef them up. With earlier lens releases (or on time lens releases) and some new DSLRs, well... with enough money invested Pentax could actually become a player. But it's still too hard to predict anything right now. The deal is not even finalized. I just hope that Hoya is smart enough to realize the second scenario I gave above is as likely as the first. Marnie aka Doe ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
