Ricoh buys Pentax
Ricoh buys Pentax
It is likely that very few people in South Africa today
know Ricoh as a camera manufacturer, at best
they are known locally for their photocopiers. Truth
be told they make some interesting cameras but its
been many years since they were even close to being
a mainstream brand. Now this copier company has
bought the Pentax imaging brand from Hoya in a bid
to get back into the DSLR market. Its a bold move.
Truth be told Hoya never really bought Pentax with
a long term objective in mind, for them it was a way
to take the medical skills from Pentax and then send
the camera division on its way again. Here is hoping
for better things for and from both Ricoh and Pentax.