On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > I just meant that I don't think Ricoh acquired Pentax to make a bunch > of money. They want to make cameras for PR reasons, or something like > that. > > BTW, the reaction to this news from some folks with the GXR is not > altogether happy. I guess they are afraid Pentax will mess up the > Ricoh offerings. How about you, Geoffrey?
Presuming that you're talking to me .. ;-) With the release of the Ricoh GXR A12 Camera Mount, Ricoh hit a point that perfectly suits what I had in mind. I might just buy another one for backup eventually. Like the Olympus E-1, I think it's a classic, nearly perfectly balanced camera. Not without its warts, but none of the warts bug me. Brands have fallen in and out of my favor over time. Even Nikon which I used for 32 years ... I hated the transition they made into AF SLRs, never bought one. They only came back to acceptable bodies, for me, with the D200 and later. I have always found Nikon's lenses excellent .. not to say there aren't better, but they've always been consistently good and interesting. When companies are merged or bought out, there is much at risk. Pentax has had some good strengths, Ricoh as well. I just hope for the best and buy what appeals to me, what I think will net advantage for my photography. I don't care much what brand is on the front, I care about equipment that does what I want it to. If Pentax Imaging is now in charge of Ricoh camera development, perhaps we get the best of both worlds: the Pentax brand name's strength, excellent lens design, and visibility with Ricoh's attention to detail, quality control, and savvy about making photographer oriented cameras. It's the products that drives me to like a brand, not the brand that drives me to like the products. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
