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Old December 21st 06, 08:06 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital
David Kilpatrick
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Default End of an Era

jeremy wrote:
Well, many of us sensed that it was coming.

Pentax had been a longtime user of Hoya optical glass, but to see Hoya
swallow Pentax us is disconcerting.


They had already swallowed a big chunk of Pentax, as their subsidiary
brand Tokina makes most of the popular lenses (not the special stuff)

David