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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-12-2016, 04:43 PM
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You are talking about a very, very small percentage of pros.
Probably less than 1% need that type of service, or will qualify for it (other than the door to door service from B&H if they happen to live in the USA)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-08-2016, 05:53 AM
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That shows how much value Hoya put on the camera division. They wanted to unload it, they hadn't wanted it in the first place.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-07-2016, 11:23 AM
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Sure, whatever you say. SPARX had an obligation to their shareholders. Pentax profits were numbering in the millions per year, all of which was coming out of the medical imaging division, camera sales were in free fall, with the camera division bleeding money like a stuck pig.
Hoya wanted the medical imaging division, they DID NOT WANT the camera division, but had to take it to get what they wanted.
Pentax refused the "merger" because it looked like it was going to be 100% on Hoya's terms, something the Pentax board was reluctant to enter into.
If Pentax had been a healthy company, none of this would have come to pass, but they weren't. The MZ-D had tanked before it hit production, with all the R&D out the window, they weren't making enough money to invest in new R&D. Pentax was still plugging away with a 6mp sensor while the competition had moved to 8, 10 and 12 MP cameras.
If Hoya had taken just the medical imaging division as they had wanted to, the camera division would have been shuttered.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-07-2016, 08:44 AM
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Pentax was a bankrupt company at the time of the Hoya takeover, and needed a white knight to bail it out. Hoya was that white knight, however reluctant they might have been.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-07-2016, 08:22 AM
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If Pentax hadn't sold to Hoya, the camera line would have stopped at the K10D. Hoya was a mixed bag. They didn't want the camera division, but were forced into it in order to get medical instruments. They didn't do much with the camera line, but they did keep the brand alive.
The world would be a different place if Ricoh had bought the camera division in 2007. Pentax as a company would have been broken up sooner, but Ricoh genuinely wanted the camera division.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-06-2016, 07:50 AM
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Its generally accepted in the pro community that you can't really go Pro without a full frame. Northrup is falling into the trap of believing his own hype and writing for the sake of seeing his own bilge on the internet.
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