The practical consequence of all this for me (fan of Pentax cameras, so that means the imaging division or whatever the hell they call it) is that previously Pentax could muddle along, just surviving economially, and still make stuff. The optimist in me says Hoya will make them pay more attention and keep up better, the pessimist says as soon as they don't make "enough" they're gone ala Konica-Minolta. Since I don't own shares, the rest is academic for me. I do think about how much it would cost to rebuild my kit with Nikon, though. ;-(
Steve -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
