I've reconsidered my suggestion that Sony would be the best owner of the Pentax brand. I doubt that they would preserve the name/brand, but merely absorb it. In fact, brands are absorbed and disappear all of the time. It happened to venerable brands like Contax, Konica, Minolta and even YUUGE brands like Kodak. It would be sad, but the world would keep turning.
My K-3II is still going to be a great machine and the K-1 is still going to be a killer full frame camera. One just wonders how long their actual lifespans will be, or how long their practical lifespans will be (when we merely sniff derisively at at quaint 24-36 MP image files). On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Dave, > > It is the reality of the 21 century: most things are ordered via internet > and brought to your home by UPS/FedEx/USPS. > > In the first year or two after our kid was born, we had UPS people coming to > our door at least 4 times a week, - thanks to free 2-day delivery with > Amazon Prime (and the cheapest diapers with "Amazon Family" and > subscription). > > > Re: "most lenses are final sales only". > You can return lenses with several reliable on-line Pentax authorized > distributors. > Say, on Amazon, IF the seller is Amazon (or the order is "fulfilled by > Amazon", in which case the return rules are those of Amazon), -- you can buy > lenses, and if you are not satisfied with them within 30 days, you can > return them. You'd pay the return shipping. > A similar picture is applicable to Walmart.com (only if the items are sold > by Walmart). And I also believe, these days, B&H allows returns. IIRC, so > does Adorama. > > Igor > > > > David J Brooks Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:34:52 -0700 wrote: > > I hope so but they are not making it very easy in my neck of the woods > to get product. Most if not all have to be ordered in and most lenses > are final sales only > > > Dave > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> You seem to say that gleefully. It's a valuable brand. Someone will >> probably >> buy it cheap if Ricoh fails. >> >> Paul via phone > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
