Originally posted by Laurentiu Cristofor One would expect users of a brand that changed hands twice in the past 5 years to be more optimistic.
There is no doubt that Pentax as a camera makera has had some serious questions about their future -- particularly when Hoya took over. I had actually thought that Samsung would eventually inherit the K mount and Pentax would step out of making cameras. Fortunately, that hasn't happened and I think Ricoh is strengthening the brand at this point.
The big concern with Olympus is their past pattern of deception. It really turns off investors who have an inherent lack of trust after such a debacle. As a company, even if your are losing money, you are best off reporting that fact, or you will end up going the way of Enron.