RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Do They Know What They Are Talking About?! >:-[

Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Do They Know What They Are Talking About?! >:-[

First see this official press release:

http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/about/press/310/Ricoh_Imaging_Americas_Corporation_Expands_Team_with_Appointment_of_Brian_McIntosh_as_Director_of_Marketing

And quoted:
"| About Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation |

The company now known as Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation, was originally founded in 1919, under the name Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. and launched its first SLR camera in the 1950s under the PENTAX name."

What the Fuck they are talking about?! Do they know what they are actually saying!? >:-{

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anonimity is great · 601 weeks ago

Take it easy, rice. Which part of the statement are you mad about? The part where Pentax SLR was made first by the Asahi Optical Co. seems right on the money.

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zosX · 601 weeks ago

Its because Pentax has been renamed to ricoh imaging americas. they are not rewriting history here. well, slightly actually. the first Asahi SLR was not named pentax.....asahiflex I believe....

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pkmount · 601 weeks ago

hoya is also part of pentax history.

should written ricoh image, previous known as hoya pentax, was originally under asahi, has made pentax camera, based on asahi reflex, which turns into m42 mount. the k mount is later replaced

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Painter · 601 weeks ago

Yes they do, do you?

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Andrew Munster · 601 weeks ago

mellow dude, Brian McIntosh has good marketing history when he worked for other companies (Sun)

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Yoku · 601 weeks ago

Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation never was Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co.
It's lie.

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foton · 601 weeks ago

Now I will say openly what the reason is. My work is translation. I usual work is translation. I translate from English into my native language, Lithuanian. What is my experience in over 20 years of translation is that English is a silly language. ABSOLUTELLY silly. For example, they write in their articles that Roman General Titus attacked so an so... But they have no idea that there were no "generals" at the Roman area, only war leaders. Same thing here!!!

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Bzrkd · 601 weeks ago

Yes, it does sound silly, doesn't it? Especially that very confusing ".. Americas Corporation" part, which implies that today's office in Denver has accomplished all the amazing historic work worldwide.

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Ronnie · 601 weeks ago

now I think I could start to write the globle history since BC2000 to year 3000 by myself, yo~!

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Dean · 601 weeks ago

The company now known as Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation, was originally founded in 1919, under the name Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. and launched its first SLR camera in the 1950s under the PENTAX name."

This is correct, what is wrong with it? Ricoh bought Pentax, Pentax's history has become Ricoh's history once they merged.
Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation -> which used to be Pentax Imaging , was founded under the name Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co.
What is the contention here really?

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Donnie Osmond · 601 weeks ago

What, everyone is surprised by this corporate cannibalism!? Ricoh paid for the right to appropriate Pentax history. Is this absurd? The whole world is absurd. Pentax is now part of the corporate body of Ricoh, which has a long and interesting history itself. See Camerapedia.

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Chris · 601 weeks ago

So "Ricoh bought Pentax" leads to "Ricoh is as old as Pentax".
I just bought some real estate. On it there are trees over 100 years old.
So that makes me a 100-year-old, right? I'm feeling pretty healthy for my new age.

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Chris · 601 weeks ago

One more, just a side note: Ricoh _bought_ Pentax. This was an acquisition. Not a merger.