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Comment by Gwyn posted on K10D or....... at 22/05/2007 - 11:50
didn't notice Tyr's post. Sorry...
Comment by Gwyn posted on Pentax Accept Hoya Offer at 16/05/2007 - 17:54
From Reuters:
TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Pentax Corp. (7750.T: Quote, Profile, Research President Takashi Watanuki has told his counterpart at Hoya Corp. (7741.T: Quote, Profile, Research that the company is prepared to accept Hoya's tender offer with conditions, a person familiar with the matter said. Hoya's tender offer bid, first reported in April, triggered a split on Pentax's board. The board eventually dumped company president Fumio Urano, who had led the talks with Hoya, and appointed Takashi Watanuki, who had opposed a merger.
http://tinyurl.com/2qdh6s
According to another forum no other bidders may make an offer before 31st May.
Hoya are really only after the medical side of things, so who knows what will happen to the photographic and optic sides.
It would be nice to think they will continue but I have my doubts. This feels like an asset stripping takeover, very far from the merger first mooted.
TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Pentax Corp. (7750.T: Quote, Profile, Research President Takashi Watanuki has told his counterpart at Hoya Corp. (7741.T: Quote, Profile, Research that the company is prepared to accept Hoya's tender offer with conditions, a person familiar with the matter said. Hoya's tender offer bid, first reported in April, triggered a split on Pentax's board. The board eventually dumped company president Fumio Urano, who had led the talks with Hoya, and appointed Takashi Watanuki, who had opposed a merger.
http://tinyurl.com/2qdh6s
According to another forum no other bidders may make an offer before 31st May.
Hoya are really only after the medical side of things, so who knows what will happen to the photographic and optic sides.
It would be nice to think they will continue but I have my doubts. This feels like an asset stripping takeover, very far from the merger first mooted.
Comment by Gwyn posted on Pentax Accept Hoya Offer at 16/05/2007 - 17:50
Liam, I have sent the URL on to a friend of ours in California who spent years developing the first 3D printers. I'll be interested to hear what he has to say
Comment by Gwyn posted on 3D sugar printer at 11/05/2007 - 21:50
Quote:
Pentax are amazing.
The photographic community is awash with speculation about what is happening, so in the hope of finding some enlightenment from Pentax themselves, I looked at the News section of the Pentax Japan website.
And there it is. An announcement today of a new endoscope.
Mind you, could be useful for some of the people on DPReview.
G
Pentax are amazing.
The photographic community is awash with speculation about what is happening, so in the hope of finding some enlightenment from Pentax themselves, I looked at the News section of the Pentax Japan website.
And there it is. An announcement today of a new endoscope.
Mind you, could be useful for some of the people on DPReview.
G
Comment by Gwyn posted on Pentax selling it's Tokyo HQ! & 645D scrapped? at 11/05/2007 - 17:33
See: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4479.
I understood from elsewhere that it is to avoid the "merger" (read take-over), but who knows?
I understood from elsewhere that it is to avoid the "merger" (read take-over), but who knows?
Comment by Gwyn posted on Pentax selling it's Tokyo HQ! & 645D scrapped? at 11/05/2007 - 14:59
I was just reading something similar - dpreview, photo.net and imageresource all have it:
This message on Nikkei according to a Belgian friend
I am confused.
This message on Nikkei according to a Belgian friend
Quote:
Quote:
Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:56 a.m. (JST)
Pentax To Sell Tokyo HQ, Quit Low-Profit Ops To Lift Corp Value
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. (7750) plans to sell its Tokyo headquarters and withdraw from less profitable businesses under strategies the camera maker has crafted to block a takeover bid by optical glass manufacturer Hoya Corp. (7741), The Nikkei learned Wednesday.
text of article includes
"On top of this, Pentax will continue to overhaul less profitable
businesses. It will abandon the development of medium-format single-lens
reflex cameras designed for professional photographers and specialize in
digital SLR offerings for new and intermediate users."
It seems to be directly counter to Benjikans postings earlier.Quote:
Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:56 a.m. (JST)
Pentax To Sell Tokyo HQ, Quit Low-Profit Ops To Lift Corp Value
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. (7750) plans to sell its Tokyo headquarters and withdraw from less profitable businesses under strategies the camera maker has crafted to block a takeover bid by optical glass manufacturer Hoya Corp. (7741), The Nikkei learned Wednesday.
text of article includes
"On top of this, Pentax will continue to overhaul less profitable
businesses. It will abandon the development of medium-format single-lens
reflex cameras designed for professional photographers and specialize in
digital SLR offerings for new and intermediate users."
I am confused.
Comment by Gwyn posted on 645D cancelled - or not at 10/05/2007 - 14:22
Matt, I realise it's me not the equipment. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It is very frustrating.
I can see I will end up buying another flash to get over it. Or the K10D of course . (Though having just forked out a fortune on a tripod and head plus some other extras the K10D is a long way off I fear. )
I can see I will end up buying another flash to get over it. Or the K10D of course . (Though having just forked out a fortune on a tripod and head plus some other extras the K10D is a long way off I fear. )
Comment by Gwyn posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 09/05/2007 - 20:47
I've tried it with my Ds, following the instructions given here and in other topics about this, and can't get it to work.
I'm now deciding whether to get all the adapters etc neccesary to use the flash off camera or to fork out on an extra flash. Given that the adapters are hard to come by and will cost around 130 euros in total if I can find them a second flash doesn't sound so bad an investment.
I'm now deciding whether to get all the adapters etc neccesary to use the flash off camera or to fork out on an extra flash. Given that the adapters are hard to come by and will cost around 130 euros in total if I can find them a second flash doesn't sound so bad an investment.
Comment by Gwyn posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 09/05/2007 - 18:32
I know, and you know that 10MP is not the be all and end all of digital camera life, but when newbies are looking at cameras they will go for the Nikon D40X over the Pentax 100D simply because it has more pixels. They will ignore the limitations of the D40X and the advantages of the 100D and go for megapixels -every time. It seems a shame that such a fine camera should lose out simply based on the size of the sensor.
Comment by Gwyn posted on Pnetax 100DX? at 09/05/2007 - 07:54
Seriously I have been looking at the Samsung as well. I am still dithering but am quite happy with the Ds for now. I think I will wait until the future of Pentax cameras becomes clearer before I take the plunge..