Pal wrote: "The Pentax booth was arranged by the German Pentax distributor, not Pentax Japan, but a Pentax Japan delegation was present. This is of course a bit strange. "
Not at all strange and no different than in years past: Pentax Germany has always (at least for the last 12 years) made the actual show arrangements, with the (former) Pentax Europe office from Brussels handling hotels and other details. Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. gave final approval for the arrangements but did not actually get involved in any stage of the planning/arrangements. AOC always sent a delegation to attend the show. Perhaps the bigger-than-usual turnout of head office visitors (if indeed there were more) this year might have to do with the change in management, management style and general change in attitude of the company. Pat Temmerman [MZ3_fella] ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com
