Exactly.
So much melodrama ... Pentax as an independent company was short lived, but
Ricoh has money and is positioned to make the best of the brand. Just because
they won't tell all'y'all what their plans are is a silly reason for people to
be getting all weepy and melodramatic about it.
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com:
from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly
Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it
for real.
Quoting Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com:
snip
with the current model or after a sucessor. The K-3 (24mp APS-C) is a
warmed over k-5 body redesign with more curves and 11 point AF still
(which I am actually fine with, just more accuracy damnit!), No wifi,
nothing innovative. Just a new
On 8/13/2013 4:06 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com:
snip
with the current model or after a sucessor. The K-3 (24mp APS-C) is a
warmed over k-5 body redesign with more curves and 11 point AF still
(which I am actually fine with, just more accuracy damnit!), No
Yawn.
On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote:
What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh
logo.snip
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What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh
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On 8/13/2013 9:41 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Zos Xavius wrote:
What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh
logo.
Man, life is hard, isn't it?
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote:
What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh
logo.
I think I actually understand you, Zos. You're trying to say that in
terms of brand exposure, they're doing everything to hide Pentax.
In my totally
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Pentax,
like I said earlier, seems to preoccupy itself with colorful bodies or
things like Pentax Q, which IMO is total waste of good engineering and
marketing resources. But then again, I am among the younger Pentaxians
who joined the fold some 10+
On 13/8/13, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed:
In my experience, the old Pentaxians are the last people on this planet
who would want a camera in fancyful colours.
For me, you can make it any fanciful colour you like - as long as it's black.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax name is now gone...
On 13/8/13, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed:
In my experience, the old
from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly
Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it
for real.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/08/12/pentax-websites-social-networking-properties-switch-to-ricoh-branding
It will remain on the products
Well, it's not actually gone, just back to what it was for the majority of its
history: a brand.
G
On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly
Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a
On 8/12/2013 7:52 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
from the domain names and web sites and social media of the formerly
Pentax-RIcoh Imaging (as expected). Still kind of a shock to see it
for real.
What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh
logo. They should have made pentax its own subsidiary like all the
smart companies do. Its like ricoh cares nothing about the rich
heritage that pentax has. Its just some disposable name now? Its true
the Asahi Optical Company
On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
[A bunch of good comments clipped out.] ... I would hate to have to chose
between
Canikon and Sony or just Canikon.
At the Nature Photography Workshop I attended last week, there were 18
participants. Me with my Pentax gear. One person with a
My first SLR was an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Later I acquired a
Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic. Much later, I bought a Pentax Spotmatic
for my father. There was no real difference in performance as a
result of the differences in branding.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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