Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)

[P. J. Alling]

Rhetorical? On this list? Shirley you jest.

Tom C wrote:
> The question was largely rhetorical. :-)
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> Tom C.
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>> From: "Bob W" <pdml at web-options.com>
>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
>> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml at pdml.net>
>> Subject: RE: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)
>> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:29:33 +0100
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>>> If Pentax had been making money hand over fist since the
>>> K100D and the K10D,
>>> why do they have "limited resources"?
>>>       
>> nobody in their right mind is going to announce that they have
>> unlimited resources for anything.
>>
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>>  Bob
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>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On
>>> Behalf Of Tom C
>>> Sent: 01 June 2007 17:06
>>> To: pdml at pdml.net
>>> Subject: RE: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)
>>>
>>> There's still a lot of mixed messages.  So who knows?
>>>
>>> Highly profitable DSLR's doesn't necessarily mean the kind of
>>> camera you and
>>> I want to buy.  Focusing it's "limited resources" are they
>>> key words, IMO.
>>>
>>> If Pentax had been making money hand over fist since the
>>> K100D and the K10D,
>>> why do they have "limited resources"?
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom C.
>>>
>>>       
>>>> From: Jaume Lahuerta <jlahuer at yahoo.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
>>>> To: pdml at pdml.net
>>>> Subject: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)
>>>> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:18:35 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but when talking about full frame, there was always the
>>>>         
>>> argument
>>>       
>>>> saying "there will be no FF because this means
>>>>         
>>> 'professionals' and Pentax
>>>       
>>>> covers this segment with its MF line".
>>>>
>>>> So no 'professionals' anymore? No upgrade path if you want
>>>>         
>>> to go beyond
>>>       
>>>> what APS-C sensors can offer (and what is supported by the
>>>>         
>>> new line of
>>>       
>>>> K-mount lenses)?
>>>>
>>>> Jaume
>>>>
>>>> ----- Mensaje reenviado ----
>>>> De: "pnstenquist at comcast.net" <pnstenquist at comcast.net>
>>>> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
>>>> Enviado: viernes, 1 de junio, 2007 16:41:09
>>>> Asunto: Re: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Shoot the messenger? Sounds like good news to me: "A new
>>>>         
>>> focus on highly
>>>       
>>>> profitable digital SLRs." The abandonment of the MF
>>>>         
>>> development had become
>>>       
>>>> pretty much an obvious direction as time went on and as the
>>>>         
>>> K digitals
>>>       
>>>> proved quite successful.
>>>> Paul
>>>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>>> From: "Digital Image Studio" <distudio at gmail.com>
>>>>         
>>>>> >From "The Nikkei Business DailyJun/01/2007 10:06 GMT"
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hoya's Suzuki previously implied that a sell-off of the camera
>>>>> business could be imminent, but he indicated otherwise at
>>>>>           
>>> the Thursday
>>>       
>>>>> press conference. "We can afford the camera operation if
>>>>>           
>>> we focus on
>>>       
>>>>> particular fields," he said."
>>>>>
>>>>> "Within Pentax, a project to bolster the camera operation
>>>>>           
>>> is quietly
>>>       
>>>>> under way with a new focus on highly profitable digital SLRs. To
>>>>> concentrate its limited resources on most promising items, it
>>>>>           
>> will
>>     
>>>>> freeze for the time being development of medium format digital
>>>>> cameras, which tend to be costly. Meanwhile, it will rebuild its
>>>>> compact digital camera operation by concentrating on
>>>>> higher-performance models, among other measures."
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hoya will begin takeover proceedings in early June, at
>>>>>           
>>> which time the
>>>       
>>>>> real battle for survival will begin for Pentax's camera
>>>>>           
>>> operations."
>>>       
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rob Studdert
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