Alex:
Every rumor has a rumor part in it. :-)
And some rumors are just rumors.
P.J.
The original rumor was not from DPReview. Rather, it was from
Pentaxrumors.com , with a reference to a post in Pentax Forums.
While looking posts referenced by the "rumor", I've found these
interesting photos of a Pentax camera made in 1954 by Zeiss (VEB Zeiss
Ikon):
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/16-pentax-news-rumors/381897-ricoh-booth-cp-16.html#post4587977
Cheers,
Igor
P. J. Alling Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:55:13 -0700 wrote:
it is of course DPReview, they have a long history of Canikon bias, no one
except the big two made digital cameras that they had to care about, for
about 10 years. It would simplify their jobs, possibly into non
existence, though I doubt they realize that, if there were only one or two
camera manufactures.
On 6/11/2019 5:53 AM, Alex Sarbu wrote:
The "rumor" didn't made sense from the beginning: *we* don't know the
details about the Ricoh-Hoya deal, but Ricoh definitely does.
Yet we're supposed to believe that Ricoh - who is preparing for the
November anniversary - is either a. unaware they would lose the right
to Pentax brand or b. investing money into promoting the brand then
suddenly stop?
Alex
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I suspect some PDMLers may have seen this on DPreview, Pentax Rumors, or
elsewhere, but I thought some might be curious to hear this.
There was a short "rumor" posted on Pentax Rumors in May, that
apparently, Ricoh's rights to use the Pentax brand name will end in 2020:
https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/05/20/rumors-ricohs-rights-to-use-the-pentax-brand-name-will-expire-in-2020/
10 days later, DPreview obtained a statement from a Ricoh spokesperson
who denied that:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/1202805327/ricoh-denies-rumours-it-will-lose-the-right-to-use-the-pentax-brand-name
Cheers,
Igor
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