That should be to me, not too me. gs George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:55 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > Well when I got my first Spotmatic in 1968 it was called Honeywell Pentax. > > Anyway, the DSLRs and such are still going to be called Pentax and the > grand majority of consumers will still never hear of them unless they > start advertising. > > Seem like a big non-issue too me. > > gs > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.com > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm in complete agreement, John. >> >> I would note though that their dry and brief press release served to >> create alarm and speculation. They'd have done better to include some >> context like that Imaging Resource article that Alan pointed out. Now >> they've managed to fan the Sky Is Falling thread flames for years to >> come. >> >> Yet I still managed to do two back-to-back shoots with my ancient K20 >> and it didn't fall to pieces or simply go dark on me. :-) >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:06 AM, John Mullan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For many years the company name was Asahi Optical, and the brand was Pentax >>> and all was right with the world. To go forward with the company name of >>> Ricoh and the brand Pentax and now it is the end of the world. I'm not sure >>> that the name change is a bad thing or a good thing, it just is. What >>> matters is that the cameras still provide us with the images we love. >>> >>> jm >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Bruce Walker" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:05 AM >>> To: "Pentax Discuss Mailing List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Pentax is history >>> >>>> How's that for a provocative subject line? :-) >>>> >>>> No more Pentax, now just Ricoh in the company name: >>>> >>>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/about/press/309 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
