Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-16 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 15, 2012, at 0:49, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 7/14/2012 2:30 AM, David Mann wrote: >> On Jul 14, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> Abolish? Seems an odd word to use in the context of discontinuing a >>> line of products. >> It's better than "disestablish". I still see that oc

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-14 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 7/14/2012 2:30 AM, David Mann wrote: On Jul 14, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Abolish? Seems an odd word to use in the context of discontinuing a line of products. It's better than "disestablish". I still see that occasionally. Dave So, you're an antidisestablishmentarian, I

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-14 Thread Tim Bray
Actually, I thought it was sensible. The Pentax P&S’s never really stood out from the crowd, but the Ricohs did. The brand meant something. -T On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > I don't know what the Ricoh brand is worth, but I think they are doing > this backwards. > I'd w

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
I don't know what the Ricoh brand is worth, but I think they are doing this backwards. I'd want to disestablish Ricoh and focus on Pentax where the P&S Pentax digitals can borrow from the Pentax DSLR's reputation. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:30 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Jul 14, 20

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-14 Thread David Mann
On Jul 14, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Abolish? Seems an odd word to use in the context of discontinuing a > line of products. It's better than "disestablish". I still see that occasionally. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-13 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Abolish? Seems an odd word to use in the context of discontinuing a > line of products. It's a Google translation from Japanese, so I wouldn't read much into word choices. > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> Ph

Re: Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Abolish? Seems an odd word to use in the context of discontinuing a line of products. On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Photo Rumors is reporting: > > Noboru Akabane, President of Pentax Imaging Ricoh, announced plans to > abolish future Pentax compact digital cameras and foc

Pentax/Ricoh camera branding

2012-07-13 Thread Matthew Hunt
Photo Rumors is reporting: Noboru Akabane, President of Pentax Imaging Ricoh, announced plans to abolish future Pentax compact digital cameras and focus on DSLRs. All future compact cameras will be under the Ricoh brand while DSLR and mirrorless camera will be under the Pentax name. It is not clea