Originally posted by nosnoop This could be more than just a business decision. Pentax is a well know brand in Japan; there may be some opposition in selling it to a Korean company.
Yeah. Those are fighting words. As petty as that may sound to me in the States, it is actually a big deal over there.
From what I've read, I don't think Hoya will so easily give Pentax the overhead to trick out their DSLR system. Pentax has some pretty innovative minds over there and Samsung has some pretty big ambitions. I think Samsung should just buy the Pentax camera division, let Hoya keep the binocular stuff, and keep Hoya where they are. Just get the camera division. That way, Tokina can start pushing out some stuff in k-mount.
Either that or Pentax should sell their high end model under Samsung's name with Samsung's money. I don't think Samsung would mind having a high end camera and I don't think Pentax would want to take a gamble with their own money. Chalk the high end model up to Samsung. They want it anyway and they could take the loss if it doesn't sell.