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Ricoh Establishes PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD

Pentaxophile
Posted 01/10/2011 - 11:43 Link
https://www.pentaxuser.com/news/ricoh-establishes-ricoh-pentax-imaging-company-l...

http://ricoh.com/release/2011/1001_1.html

Quote:
Ricoh Establishes PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.

Tokyo, October 1, 2011–Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President & CEO: Shiro Kondo; hereinafter referred to as "Ricoh") announces the establishment of PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. as its wholly owned subsidiary on October 1, 2011.

Earlier, HOYA Corporation (President & CEO: Hiroshi Suzuki; hereinafter referred to as "HOYA") transferred the PENTAX Imaging Systems Business to PENTAX Imaging Corporation, a newly established subsidiary of HOYA, through an absorption-type split (spin off) and business transfer. Ricoh has acquired all shares outstanding in PENTAX Imaging Corporation, as of today, completing the transaction. Ricoh also changed the name of the company at the same time.

By forming the new company, Ricoh will strive to further bolster consumer products and services, in addition to its existing digital camera business.

New Company

Company name:
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.

宾得理光映像有限公司 (in Chinese)
Business: Manufacture and sales of optical equipment such as digital cameras, binoculars and lenses for security cameras
President & Representative Director: Zenji Miura (Representative Director, Deputy President, Ricoh Company, Ltd.)
Head office: 2-35-7, Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 1, 2011
Capital: 100 million yen
Number of employees: Approx.1900

Hip hip...
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Gwyn
Posted 01/10/2011 - 11:56 Link
See my thread - Hyram beat you to it.link

OK my thread is perhaps not clear what it's about at first glance .
Shaky
Posted 01/10/2011 - 12:05 Link
Pentaxophile wrote:
Quote:
Ricoh Establishes PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.


Capital: 100 million yen


Wow.

Hopefully this is either a typo or a mistranslation, otherwise that is peanuts.
Pentaxophile
Posted 01/10/2011 - 12:14 Link
Sorry Gwyn I missed your thread!

Anyway - it's a big day for Pentax, or should that be PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY.

or PRIC for short
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Dodge69
Posted 01/10/2011 - 12:28 Link
Pentaxophile wrote:
Sorry Gwyn I missed your thread!

Anyway - it's a big day for Pentax, or should that be PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY.

or PRIC for short

Oh dear!
Pentax pour des images riches en détails!
Algernon
Posted 01/10/2011 - 14:44 Link
Pentaxophile wrote:
Sorry Gwyn I missed your thread!

Anyway - it's a big day for Pentax, or should that be PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY.

or PRIC for short

There's not a lot of thought gone into that name? which isn't a very good sign

They need to change it quickly

BL used to have a Manager in the Complaint's Dept. in Japan
called Mr. Nakamoto........ where are BL now?
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bforbes
Posted 01/10/2011 - 18:10 Link
Dodge69 wrote:
Pentaxophile wrote:
Sorry Gwyn I missed your thread!

Anyway - it's a big day for Pentax, or should that be PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY.

or PRIC for short

Oh dear!

But it does not look the same in Japanese ちんぽこ
Oso
Posted 02/10/2011 - 19:38 Link
Asahi Pentax became Pentax, what will be the possibility of Pentax Ricoh becoming Ricoh, Regards
Oso
Posted 02/10/2011 - 20:07 Link
Oso wrote:
Asahi Pentax became Pentax, what will be the possibility of Pentax Ricoh becoming Ricoh, Regards
Oso

The imaging division will stay Pentax. Why? Pentax has more history, better known than the Ricoh brand in the camera arena, and hence more marketable. Everyone has heard of Pentax, less so Ricoh. The question should be, how much of the Ricoh gear will be re-named Pentax? And which lines will become Pentax, and which Ricoh.

DSLR's - Pentax
Compacts - Ricoh
GX series? Not sure, but the GXR could be re-labelled Pentax quite happily.

Whatever, I am looking forward to the future of Pentax under the Ricoh umberella, we can see exciting times ahead.

Still don't like the PRIC acronym though.
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Telstar
Posted 02/10/2011 - 20:53 Link
Shaky wrote:
Pentaxophile wrote:
Quote:
Ricoh Establishes PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.


Capital: 100 million yen


Wow.

Hopefully this is either a typo or a mistranslation, otherwise that is peanuts.

£834,150.52 to be precise on todays exchange rate, which as you say seems a remarkably low figure......
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Pentaxophile
Posted 02/10/2011 - 21:09 Link
Pentax was the name Asahi gave to their reflex cameras. These cameras became synonymous with the company so they changed the company name from Asahi Optical Company to Pentax.

I think Pentax will stay!
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Opethian
Posted 02/10/2011 - 22:12 Link
BREAKING NEWS

With Ricoh's purchase of Pentax, they announce their first digital full frame K-mount camera, the KR1.

* 31.23 Megapixel Full Frame CMOS+ Sensor
* 15fps Shooting
* ISO 50 to 12800 (up to 128k at Turbo mode)
* SAFOX XII Turbo (Patent Pending New Tech Focusing System) - Relying on three focus assist lamps that use a combination of UV, Infrared and Solar light (as pictured)
* Dedicated Video Mode (extra dial) @ 1080p 60fps Theora/H.264
* Built-in Adobe Photoshop DSLR Toolkit Edition (World's first) - for in camera RAW processing with 200+ in built filters, with basic layering
* Built-in Photomatix DSLR Pro Edition - for in camera HDR rendering
* 3.25" Triple Hinged Articulating LED Screen

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More details to follow...
japers45
Posted 02/10/2011 - 22:34 Link
looks supiciously photoshopped to me.
ChrisA
Posted 02/10/2011 - 23:39 Link
japers45 wrote:
looks supiciously photoshopped to me.

Nah, looks totally real. Spec, too.
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japers45
Posted 02/10/2011 - 23:44 Link
cant find a link though

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