On 22/12/2014 9:00 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 12/22/2014 9:50 PM, Bill wrote:
On 22/12/2014 2:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Malcolm Smith <[email protected]>:
Brian Walters wrote:
Well, Pentax isn't a manufacturer any more - it's just a brand
owned by
Ricoh.
It's much the same as Panasonic putting Lumix on its cameras.
OK, but I understood that Pentax were keeping the brand name on the
DSLRs.
Not having a K5 of any model, I'm fairly sure even the very last
ones are
Pentax branded all over, and as I said, the first K3's (pre-release
models)
were also branded Pentax all over. Someone decided that the Ricoh
brand name
would now appear on the DSLRs as well. Just an observation.
It's possible that someone at Ricoh has decided that dual branding might
not be a good idea after all. 'Ricoh' doesn't appear on the rear of the
latest models (K-S1, Q-S1 and 645Z) - Just 'Pentax' on the front.
Over on Pentax forums, there were people threatening to change brands
over that. Lice High was especially disparaging about it.
bill
If Ricoh is listening ro Ricewhine, I fear for the future of the Pentax
brand, and K mount cameras.
He has a following, sad to say.
bill
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