Originally posted by THoog Advertising is expensive. If Ricoh is trying to rebuild Pentax in the midst of a meltdown of the camera industry, it makes sense that they are very strict about Pentax living within their means, and focusing on the domestic Japanese market, where they still have strong name recognition (and we have almost NO visibility). This strategy appears to be working: Pentax was reported as profitable last year, when bigger camera companies were not.
I am less worried now about Pentax' future than I was in 2010. The way things looked then, I really thought the K-5 might be the LAST Pentax DSLR.
ok, some thoughts about this:
when I was in active practice I used to tell clients:
"we are in the tornado alley of the United States. It is possible that a tornado will hit this building in the next 10 seconds, do you want to count or should I?
now if I go home and not help with the kid and/or the dogs, it is probable that I will get in trouble.
worry about the probabilities not the possibilities"
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on the other hand I am a firm believer in Murphy's Law -
"any thing that can go wrong will go wrong"
and Finnegan's corollary to it: "Murphy was an optimist"
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and I am a long time Chicago Cub fan and am aware of Mike Royko's adage:
"there is a glass of beer on the bar
the optimist sees it as half full
the pessimist sees it as half empty
the Cub fan looks at it and wonders when it will get knocked over"
Royko was the long time Chicago newspaper columnist - winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
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