I could well have missed such a discussion, but why does the 'rumor' assume a lower quality line of lenses? Does the 'rumor' predict a future lens source?
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >2005/5/22, Joseph Tainter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On dpreview: > >> > >> > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=13579639 > >> > >> True? Who knows? But definitely worth reading. > The rumors > >> (re: the partner) have been consistent for > several weeks. > >> > >There has to be a good thing right? > > > >That would give at least one cool thing, they'd > gain easily access to > >Sony sensors. Maybe faster, maybe better sensors... > > If you scour the depths of Pentax's web site, > amongst the medical > equipment, etc., you'll find the video equipment > Pentax provides with > their gear is Sony. > Some kind of merger or mutually cooperative > arrangement would make sense > for both companies. Sony wants to get into the DSLR > business. Pentax > would bring their own lens mount so Sony wouldn't > have to develop a new > one (Sony's corporate philosophy of "propriety > everything" would never > allow them to adopt something like the Kodak/Olympus > mount). The > installed base of users and back catalog of existing > lenses and cameras > would be a huge bonus. Pentax would get Sony's > electronics manufacturing > and R&D capacity. > I don't think any of this, if true, would mean going > exclusively to the > low end of the market: Sony has always tried to keep > a high end presence > in audio and video. They make a lot of inexpensive > gear but, like Nikon, > like to offer some very expensive stuff as well, to > maintain their > image. The Sony CD player in my home stereo cost > more than my ist-D. > > BTW: I've been hearing the same rumours from other > sources for the past > few months. > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
