I wasn't jesting and don't call me Shirley. :-)
Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) >Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:45:17 -0400 > >Rhetorical? On this list? Shirley you jest. > >Tom C wrote: > > The question was largely rhetorical. :-) > > > > Tom C. > > > > > >> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: RE: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) > >> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:29:33 +0100 > >> > >> > >>> If Pentax had been making money hand over fist since the > >>> K100D and the K10D, > >>> why do they have "limited resources"? > >>> > >> nobody in their right mind is going to announce that they have > >> unlimited resources for anything. > >> > >> -- > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>> Behalf Of Tom C > >>> Sent: 01 June 2007 17:06 > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: RE: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) > >>> > >>> There's still a lot of mixed messages. So who knows? > >>> > >>> Highly profitable DSLR's doesn't necessarily mean the kind of > >>> camera you and > >>> I want to buy. Focusing it's "limited resources" are they > >>> key words, IMO. > >>> > >>> If Pentax had been making money hand over fist since the > >>> K100D and the K10D, > >>> why do they have "limited resources"? > >>> > >>> > >>> Tom C. > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) > >>>> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:18:35 -0700 (PDT) > >>>> > >>>> Yes, but when talking about full frame, there was always the > >>>> > >>> argument > >>> > >>>> saying "there will be no FF because this means > >>>> > >>> 'professionals' and Pentax > >>> > >>>> covers this segment with its MF line". > >>>> > >>>> So no 'professionals' anymore? No upgrade path if you want > >>>> > >>> to go beyond > >>> > >>>> what APS-C sensors can offer (and what is supported by the > >>>> > >>> new line of > >>> > >>>> K-mount lenses)? > >>>> > >>>> Jaume > >>>> > >>>> ----- Mensaje reenviado ---- > >>>> De: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>> Enviado: viernes, 1 de junio, 2007 16:41:09 > >>>> Asunto: Re: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) > >>>> > >>>> Shoot the messenger? Sounds like good news to me: "A new > >>>> > >>> focus on highly > >>> > >>>> profitable digital SLRs." The abandonment of the MF > >>>> > >>> development had become > >>> > >>>> pretty much an obvious direction as time went on and as the > >>>> > >>> K digitals > >>> > >>>> proved quite successful. > >>>> Paul > >>>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >>>> From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> > >>>>> >From "The Nikkei Business DailyJun/01/2007 10:06 GMT" > >>>>> > >>>>> "Hoya's Suzuki previously implied that a sell-off of the camera > >>>>> business could be imminent, but he indicated otherwise at > >>>>> > >>> the Thursday > >>> > >>>>> press conference. "We can afford the camera operation if > >>>>> > >>> we focus on > >>> > >>>>> particular fields," he said." > >>>>> > >>>>> "Within Pentax, a project to bolster the camera operation > >>>>> > >>> is quietly > >>> > >>>>> under way with a new focus on highly profitable digital SLRs. To > >>>>> concentrate its limited resources on most promising items, it > >>>>> > >> will > >> > >>>>> freeze for the time being development of medium format digital > >>>>> cameras, which tend to be costly. Meanwhile, it will rebuild its > >>>>> compact digital camera operation by concentrating on > >>>>> higher-performance models, among other measures." > >>>>> > >>>>> "Hoya will begin takeover proceedings in early June, at > >>>>> > >>> which time the > >>> > >>>>> real battle for survival will begin for Pentax's camera > >>>>> > >>> operations." > >>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Rob Studdert > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > > > >-- >All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
