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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 07-01-2011, 05:28 AM  
Ricoh to buy Pentax camera business from Hoya
Posted By Angevinn
Replies: 738
Views: 133,448
Hoya "retired" Jun Hirakawa, one of the best lens designers Pentax had.

Ricoh, please bring Mr. Hirakawa back out of retirement.

Put Mr. Hirakawa to work designing new lenses for Pentax FULLFRAME DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras.

All the best on the new Ricoh-Pentax merger!

:)
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 07-01-2011, 06:02 AM  
Ricoh to buy Pentax camera business from Hoya
Posted By Angevinn
Replies: 738
Views: 133,448
Speaking from personal experience. My dad worked until he was almost 80. His friends that retired at 55-60 to play golf and lay about all day soon started wearing their underwear on the outside of their pants. Most of those guys died before the age of 70. My dad is still around. Some men enjoy work; keep your body and mind active and you'll be OK in your old age.

BTW, my dad is 90 and sharp as a tack. My uncle was a judge and he worked until he was about 80. My uncle lived to be almost 100.

"Men define themselves by their labors."

I digress, let's keep the focus on Ricoh-Pentax.

:)
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 08-12-2010, 07:10 PM  
Photokina 2010, Pentax and the full frame mystery
Posted By Angevinn
Replies: 727
Views: 130,501
TaoMaas, you should reread my original statement or go back to sleep.

The Pentax Spotmatic F, brand new in 1974 with a SMC Takumar 50mm 1.4 Lens was $600.00! Adjusted for inflation, today that equals $2804.53!

Check this out for the specs:

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F

$600.00 new in 1974!

Using the online inflation calculator:

DollarTimes.com | Inflation Calculator

It comes out to $2804.53 in today's dollar. Sad!

What does Pentax offer currently in that price range ($2,800)? Both the Canon 5D MKII and Nikon D700 Fullframe cameras with their respective 50mm 1.4 lenses can be had for that amount. What does Pentax have? Two APS-C cameras to choose from? The 645D is out reach for many consumers. It's also a lot of camera, I just want a FF DSLR.

How am I guilty of seeing the market through my own eyes? I am not a camera manufacturer. I'm a consumer, (but I've spent my business career in sales and marketing). I have the money and desire for FullFrame DSLR. If Pentax doesn't offer one in the future I'll move on. It's a shame because Pentax needs to offer more choices to keep customers. If I was in the market for an entry level APS-C DSLR I'd consider the Pentax K-X, the APS-C K-7 is an interesting camera but it does not meet my needs or wants.

Different strokes for different folks. All I see is combative resentment towards forum members asking Hoya/Pentax for a FullFrame DSLR camera. The APS-C diehards act like someone has just run over their prized poodle. :fedup:
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