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  1. RJM

    Ricoh to buy PENTAX

    Hoya never wanted the camera and sports optics divisions. They only bought Pentax to get their medical endoscopy business which they are keeping.
  2. RJM

    Ricoh to buy PENTAX

    Sports Optics is binoculars and fieldscopes including eyepieces. Hoya dumped the Pentax astro telescope business soon after their aquisition 3 years ago.
  3. RJM

    Ricoh to buy PENTAX

    The battle for consumer eyeballs on the USA national camera store shelf is fierce. When is the last time you saw a Pentax dSLR much less Ricoh on display at Best Buy? Neither of these OEMs has enough clout in the marketplace to get their goods in front of consumers. At least Ricoh wants the...
  4. RJM

    Ricoh to buy PENTAX

    I like the Q concept, BUT it is too frigging expensive. One really has to be enamored with its "Q"uite-ness to buy it. Ricoh essentially has a similar concept at a lower cost so I expect the Q will be a still-birth now.
  5. RJM

    Ricoh to buy PENTAX

    HOYA sheds Pentax camera biz. Ricoh has lower market share than Pentax so no upside to this news for Pentax fans.
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