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Pentax and Hoya .. sitting in a tree ..
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Interesting... Do I smell Hoya filter's exclusivity for Pentax? hmm....
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"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
I imagine that would hurt the bottom line .. and when you have shareholders you have a fiduciary responsibility to ... um ... not do that
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I would imagine they will start making camera's with Hoya lenses. I doubt we will see propitiatory filters.
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yeah, that makes more sense for them to be using Hoya lenses rather than proprietary filters.
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"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
May 31, 2007
Hoya Corp., Japan's largest maker of optical glass, will acquire Pentax Corp. for 105 billion ... yen
Quote ... corporate speak ... Pentax, Japan's oldest maker of single-lens reflex cameras, will become a wholly owned subsidiary, giving Hoya access to its fastest-growing business of medical equipment. The Tokyo-based companies will each have two seats on the new board of six, which will include two outside directors. Pentax, in April, rejected Hoya's offer as it would have smaller representation. .. corporate speak .. .. corporate speak .. .. corporate speak ..
Hoya Corp., Japan's largest maker of optical glass, will acquire Pentax Corp. for 105 billion ... yen
Quote ... corporate speak ... Pentax, Japan's oldest maker of single-lens reflex cameras, will become a wholly owned subsidiary, giving Hoya access to its fastest-growing business of medical equipment. The Tokyo-based companies will each have two seats on the new board of six, which will include two outside directors. Pentax, in April, rejected Hoya's offer as it would have smaller representation. .. corporate speak .. .. corporate speak .. .. corporate speak ..
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wow, seeing how THK in California is the exclusive distributor of Hoya, as well as Slik, and Tokina..this should be interesting...will Pentaxian's see a trickle effect in more Tokina lenses being made in a Pentax mount, for example?
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you have to remember that the filter business is just a very small part of the Hoya portfolio so I'd imagine that would continue unchanged by the acquisition.
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A smart bomb is only as clever as the idiot that tells it what to do
Seems that one of the first victims of the merger (aside from the board members corporate seppuku) is the abandonment of any further development of high end gear – in particular the medium format body that was due for release soon. All work will be re-tasked to beginner and intermediate model development only. Shame.
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Pentax and HOYA .. sitting in a tree ..
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First comes love, then comes marriage.
Then comes HOYA, with a baby carriage!
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