It's unclear to me where such a figure would have come from. Ricoh does not publish financial figures at this detail level. There is also no 'Photo division' in Ricoh; there's a Camera division that's usually listed under the 'Other' category in the business unit overview and it's not clear whether that unit (insofar as it's actually a unit; it's typically Japanese-vague) is the only within the 'Other' category or not. The 'Other' category accounts for something like 1.5% of Ricoh's revenue. Breakdown of revenue within this unit towards specific product lines is not given, as is customary for companies of this nature.Hmm I now cannot find the article where I read about 20% of Ricoh sales being the Pentax 17 but it probably meant to refer to the Photo division.
As I understood this, it is the development of more film cameras what has been stopped.
There's not a chance in h*** that a publicly traded company like Ricoh would publish this kind of specific financial data on their IG.As for the 20% figure, I remember seeing it on one of Pentax/Ricoh's social media feeds. It came from them, but I can't find it now. It could well have been an Instagram story, they expire after a few hours.
There's not a chance in h*** that a publicly traded company like Ricoh would publish this kind of specific financial data on their IG.
Well, quite so - we're not talking about politics here. This is business. You don't get consent from Corp. Comm to post figures like these on IG. Especially not in Japan.Not to be political
I am not sure where the 20% number comes from, as I am not aware that Ricoh gives that kind of detail.
But if it is true, I imagine it would be for Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., and not the Ricoh company or group as a whole.
Yeah, there's no way Pentax has ceased production of the 17. I was at BILD in New York a couple weeks ago and a large part of the Pentax booth was Pentax 17 focused. You don't spend that much tradeshow space on a discontinued product.
And I can hand it to a non-photographer family member and trust they'll get a good photo, unlike my more serious manual exposure, manual focus cameras.
There are a ton of fixed-focus, auto-exposure, half-frame cameras that you can give to a six-year-old -- and get good pictures. Probably better than the ones I take!
https://www.subclub.org/shop/halframe.htm
Even if Pentax doesn't continue with the project, I'm happy we got the Pentax 17. I use mine all the time.
Also, the Pentax 17 is not fixed focus, it has zone focus, and the bokeh mode is nice to use occasionally.
Of course, but they’re all old, and of questionable reliability. My 10 year old son has and loves a Minolta Alpha Sweet (not a fixed focus half frame, I realize) that we got for $5. But he’s already on his second after the first one threw up an error and stopped working.
Also, the Pentax 17 is not fixed focus, it has zone focus, and the bokeh mode is nice to use occasionally.
This bring up the question that has been discussed quite a bit on this FORUM -- mechanical vs electronic. In 10 or 20 years, how many Minolta SRT cameras will still be working vs the Minolta Alpha Sweet?
Similarly, in 10 or 20 years, how many Pentax K1000 cameras will still be working vs the Pentax 17? You won't be able to get replacement parts for any of them.
I'll put my money on the mechanical models.
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