Pentax quiting telescopes (1 Viewer)

RJM

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

• Dec 6, 2008

• #1

Pentax Japan announced Dec 5 they will cease telescope production Jan 2009. They will continue production of eyepieces however.

Will sports optics be next??

cheers,
Rick

 

U

Ultra Lite

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2008

• #2

RJM said:

Pentax Japan announced Dec 5 they will cease telescope production Jan 2009. They will continue production of eyepieces however.

Will sports optics be next??

cheers,
Rick

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By "telescope" you mean just their high-end astro scopes and not their spotters? At least that's how I understand it.

 

Kevin Purcell

Well-known member

• Dec 9, 2008

• #3

The cite is

http://www.pentax.jp/japan/news/announce/20081205.html

which you can read via a translation at

http://translate.google.com/transla...unce/20081205.html&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ja&tl=en

the title line is "Notice of Termination productive astronomical telescope" and a list of non-spotter scope items.

Though one wonders what might happen in the future. There seem to be quite a few Pentax binocular bargains around right now ... which seems odd. Olympus and Minolta have already got out of the bin business.

See also

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthre...2787885&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=all&vc=1

 

Tero

Retired

• Jan 28, 2009

• #4

I think the spotters will sell for a while. And we can still get non Pentax eye pieces. If you get a good deal on the 65mm and 80mm scopes, I would not worry.