Well, Pentax NEVER said they'd be showing anything noteworthy at photokina. It was the incurable optimists here on the list that fed the rumour-mill.
I personally think they were set back years by the abortive alliance with Hewlett-Packard. Just think about all the development time they spent getting the EI cameras into the shops to have them be such a letdown. So they found themselves well into the digital era with no joint-venture partner to provide the IT side of a digicam development, and had to restart from scratch. It's a miracle that the Optio cameras got to market so soon after the demise of the EI cameras. And the need to staff an IT R&D division could explain a little of the increase of employee numbers. Regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 27 September 2002 7:23 PM Subject: RE: So?.. > Bruce, can you send the humble pie back - looks like it will be us > eating it! > > What I don't understand though is why we hear NOTHING about Pentax. > Sure there is speculation that they have nothing new, but no-one has > confirmed that. Are the reporters not even bothered to go and have a > look on their stand? Did Pentax even turn up? Could they just have > their new products hiding under the desk? Would this all make any > sense? I just wonder why the people saying Pentax has nothing are only > speculating, no-one has actually confirmed this - seems a little odd... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mishka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 27 September 2002 04:05 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: So?.. > > > > > > http://luminous-landscape.com/new/photokina2002.shtml > > Friday, 27 September, 2002 > > Either announcements from Photokina have died out, or the > > people reporting from Cologne are too busy eating Bratwurst > > and drinking Pils. My guess is that its the former, as I know > > how hard working a major trade show can be. > > > > But if that's the case then some major companies have not > > made needed announcements, and this is bad news for them. One > > that immediately comes to mind is Pentax, who really needed > > to position themselves properly vis-a-vis a digital solution > > for their 645 system. The salience is deafening. With their > > competitors Mamiya, Contax and now Hasselblad offering > > comparability with the very popular Kodak DCS Pro Back Pentax > > becomes the only major 645 format camera maker with no > > digital offering. It's my belief that unless they do so no > > later than PMA, many professionals will start to abandon them. > > > > > > > > > >
