Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > I just checked at the DP Review Pentax forum and Ned himself made the > following post: > > "...your posting of my age reminds me of Mark Twain's quote 'the > reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.' Your google search must > have identified another guy, as I'm only going to be 65 this fall, and > Hamada-san is much younger than me:) > > "Also, I hope some of the forum members posting here are better > photographers than how they interpret a press release. Sometimes > what's said is simply fact. I choose to retire plain and simple. > > "I thoroughly enjoyed working for PENTAX, but after 7 years of > commuting every week from CA to CO, it was time for me to not be a > stranger to my wife and grand kids, get a little more surfing in, and > think about about what I want to do for my next chapter. > > "Thanks for your thoughts Joseph and happy shooting to all. " > > > Having met Ned myself (at the K-X press introduction in NYC) I can say > that he's a straight shooter and I'd take him at his word. The > lifestyle he must have been leading would be tough for a young person > and much tougher on someone 64 years old. (In fact, I must admit, when > I saw him in NYC in 2009 my impression was that he was around 64-65 > then; he looked much older in person than in his photos.) > > I'm going to take his word that he's just ready to retire after > bringing Pentax through some very tough times. >
What ever the truth (and I tend to agree with Mark on this, having also met Ned in person and held some corrrspondence with him), it's happened already. I e-mailed him yesterday to congratulate him on retiring and having done a great job ay Pentax...and my e-mail bounced cos the address no longer exists! Does anyone know if e-mails changed after the Ricoh acquisition? I'd been in contact with him after that happened last year at his usual Pentax address so I didn't think so. Anyway, I agree that Ned was the best thing about Pentax USA and I'm sad to see him go. Ned id gone... Long live Ned! --M. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
