FYI, they have decided to change the name "Asahi Optical Co. Ltd" to "Pentax Corporation" in Japan from Oct 1st onwards.
A sensible change to increase brand awareness, not sure if there is any other significance. -- --Lawrence Kwan--SMS Info Service/Ringtone Convertor--PGP:finger/www-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vex.net/~lawrence/ -Key ID:0x6D23F3C4-- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

