Zos, I much rather Pentax brand name dissolved into Ricoh similarly to what happened to Minolta. Look at Minolta shooters. They have great line of cameras, the mount continues and all in all, Minolta community is thriving... I think that the opposite whereupon the brand name stays but company goes belly up is far less preferable option.
And somehow I am certain that in terms of innovation and historical significance, Minolta is right there with Pentax and other major camera/lens makers. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm ok with it. I'd hate for the prism hump to say Ricoh to be honest > though. Pentax has too storied of a history to just toss the name > aside. That would be rather foolish. > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 05/02/2014 10:20 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 05/02/2014 8:49 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: >>>>> >>>>> All ricoh now....take from that what you willl... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://photorumors.com/2014/02/04/new-ricoh-wg-20-and-wg-4-compact-cameras-leaked-pentax-name-is-gone/#more-54296 >>>>> >>>> It's what Ricoh said was going to happen. DSLRs would be Pentax, compacts >>>> would be Ricoh. >>>> No surprises. >>>> >>>> bill >>> >>> >>> If anybody had doubts, the clearance sales on WG-III at the end of the >>> year was a strong indicator that there would be a new WG type camera. >>> Very clever the way they are handling the transition. They keep the camera >>> line (e.g., WG-1, WG-ii, WG-III, and now WG-4), while rebranding from Pentax >>> to Ricoh. Maintain tradition in the midst of change. >>> >>> stan >>> >> Ricoh appears to know what they are doing. This is the first time in nearly >> 30 years that Pentax seems to have their act together. >> >> bill >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Boris -- 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.
