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RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - davidmanze - 07-04-2018 (07-04-2018, 09:58 AM)Kunzite Wrote:(07-03-2018, 06:46 PM)davidmanze Wrote: Well I believe you for sure..if by that you mean that Hoya refused to invest while looking for a buyer?.....no company is going to destroy a business that it hopes to sell, Hoya didn't want to spend out all the investments knowing the return would be three or so years later......Yes, you can say that Hoya refused to invest while looking for a buyer. They were always talking about cost cutting, downsizing and their ever-precious margins - no hint of long term thinking there. I just wanted to ascertain your definition of Hoya "trying to destroy Pentax" You know that is not the realistic motive......... the motive was one of acquiring the "juicy cuts" of Pentax whilst leaving the skeleton, the camera division up for tender. Investment would have just been Hoya wasting it's money......... given their decision to split the company. Sadly such is the way of large corporations...buy outs ....share holders meetings......annual dividends....divisions of companies......shredding etc. Any public company trading on the stock market is vulnerable to a takeover....having an overall share majority helps, but that is not always easy..and Hoya did what many a corporation might do...........however unpleasant that may be and it was! ... I don't see it as Hoya setting out to destroy Pentax, but rather to selfishly further it's business. Corporations in general are not the nicest of beings, Sony is out to dominate the camera industry........I'm sure it's not for the love of Nikon! RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - Kunzite - 07-04-2018 To be accurate, I said "Hoya almost killed Pentax" (and I'm talking about our Pentax, the Imaging Systems Business at it was known then - but I never said this was their motive. Of course their motive was to get the medical division. Of course the SPARX' motive was a short term financial gain or something of that sort. Don't forget, what I'm arguing against is the idea that somehow Hoya saved Pentax from near-certain death. They did the exact opposite. RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - davidmanze - 07-04-2018 Well I'll go along with that then! Initial boost to Pentax followed by pulling the carpet from under their feet, not nice! Samsung probably didn't like the taste ether no doubt! RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - Kunzite - 07-04-2018 Are you trolling, by chance? RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - davidmanze - 07-04-2018 My least favourite modern word....ugh! Reminds me of childrens favourites on saturday morning........."I am a troll fol de rol" etc............."and I'll eat you up for my dinner"... Remember that one? Or a bit before your time? RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - Kunzite - 07-04-2018 Your least favourite word, and my least favourite behavior. RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - davidmanze - 07-05-2018 I mean fancy discussing Pentax on a Pentax forum.........what a sauce?? .........there should be a law against it! RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - Kunzite - 07-05-2018 Are you discussing, or dissing Pentax - I wonder? RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - Kunzite - 07-06-2018 I don't think I've put this link already. It's the first second review I've seen for the D FA* 50mm f/1.4: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lMGt0koxY0MXXlh0YjVgVw The automated translation is awful. The lens is amazing. And this review is back: http://www.kennychi.com/lens-pentax-dfa-%E2%98%85-50mm-f1-4-sdm-aw-%E8%A9%95%E6%B8%AC/ RE: Pentax D FA* 50mm f/1.4 - development annoucement - toni-a - 07-09-2018 It's an excellent lens, that's great, but dunno how much it would sell, it's bulky, expensive, and nothing but a 50mm prime Tokina did the same already, their 16-28f2.8 is an awesome lens, yet it's not selling well, I expect this one to have the same fate. Personally, this weekend I have been using the medicore Sony 16-50 on Sony A6000 while keeping the very good Canon 15-85 plus 7D2 in the car... My tokina 16-28 is amazing yet I am using by far more frequently canon 10-18 on crop body. A huge bulky and expensive prime usually has a hard time attracting customers unless it does something really special, which is not the case of a 50f1.4 lens regardless of its image quality |