Everyone is still assuming that Hoya owns Tokina, based on my recent research the only connection's are the 1.) Tokina probably buys some Hoya blanks for grinding, 2.) Hoya and Tokina both have the same US distributor. Other than that there seems to be no other public connection. (They may have interlocking boards of directors, but since I can find no information on Tokina's board, in English, and I don't read or speak Japanese, I have no way of knowing).
John Sessoms wrote: >> From: >> "Jens Bladt" >> Couldn't Tokina make lenses for Pentax, even if the Hoya merger is off? >> It's not religion - just business! >> > Tokina didn't offer their co-designed lenses in Pentax mount, and > lately, it seems like they aren't offering any new lenses in Pentax > mount. Seems like they didn't want to compete with themselves because of > the proposed Pentax merger/acquisition. > > If the merger is off, maybe they WILL offer lenses with Pentax mount again. > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
