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Last Pentax refractors?

Started by lthaxton, 12/05/2008 02:32PM
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Posted 12/05/2008 02:32PM | Edited 12/05/2008 02:33PM Opening Post
Larry Thaxton
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I just received a message from a friend in Japan and figure it is worth pasing along. It is in Japanese so a translation would be helpful:

"Pentax will stop to make telescopes.

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

But eyepieces will continue."

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Doesn't Pentax make objectives for other Japanese 'scope companies?
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[I]"Pentax will stop to make telescopes.

The future of apo refractors appears to be moving in the direction of fewer premium brands and a lot more inexpensive “Planet Killer” refractors mostly outsourced to low cost high volume optical shops.

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